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Sherman Z, Kang J, Milliron DJ, Truskett TM. Illuminating Disorder: Optical Properties of Complex Plasmonic Assemblies. J Phys Chem Lett 2024; 15:6424-6434. [PMID: 38864822 PMCID: PMC11194822 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.4c01283] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2024] [Revised: 06/04/2024] [Accepted: 06/05/2024] [Indexed: 06/13/2024]
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The optical properties of disordered plasmonic nanoparticle assemblies can be continuously tuned through the structural organization and composition of their colloidal building blocks. However, progress in the design and experimental realization of these materials has been limited by challenges associated with controlling and characterizing disordered assemblies and predicting their optical properties. This Perspective discusses integrated studies of experimental assembly of disordered optical materials, such as doped metal oxide nanocrystal gels and metasurfaces, with electromagnetic computations on large-scale simulated structures. The simulations prove vital for connecting experimental parameters to disordered structural motifs and optical properties, revealing structure-property relations that inform design choices. Opportunities are identified for optimizing optical property designs for disordered materials using computational inverse methods and tools from machine learning.
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- Zachary
M. Sherman
- Department
of Chemical Engineering, University of Washington, 3781 Okanogan Lane, Seattle, Washington 98195, United States
- McKetta
Department of Chemical Engineering, University
of Texas at Austin, 200 E Dean Keeton Street, Austin, Texas 78712, United States
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- McKetta
Department of Chemical Engineering, University
of Texas at Austin, 200 E Dean Keeton Street, Austin, Texas 78712, United States
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- McKetta
Department of Chemical Engineering, University
of Texas at Austin, 200 E Dean Keeton Street, Austin, Texas 78712, United States
- Department
of Chemistry, University of Texas at Austin, 2506 Speedway, Austin, Texas 78712, United States
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- McKetta
Department of Chemical Engineering, University
of Texas at Austin, 200 E Dean Keeton Street, Austin, Texas 78712, United States
- Department
of Physics, University of Texas at Austin, 2515 Speedway, Austin, Texas 78712, United States
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Yang Z, Jaiswal A, Yin Q, Lin X, Liu L, Li J, Liu X, Xu Z, Li JJ, Yong KT. Chiral nanomaterials in tissue engineering. NANOSCALE 2024; 16:5014-5041. [PMID: 38323627 DOI: 10.1039/d3nr05003c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2024]
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Addressing significant medical challenges arising from tissue damage and organ failure, the field of tissue engineering has evolved to provide revolutionary approaches for regenerating functional tissues and organs. This involves employing various techniques, including the development and application of novel nanomaterials. Among them, chiral nanomaterials comprising non-superimposable nanostructures with their mirror images have recently emerged as innovative biomaterial candidates to guide tissue regeneration due to their unique characteristics. Chiral nanomaterials including chiral fibre supramolecular hydrogels, polymer-based chiral materials, self-assembling peptides, chiral-patterned surfaces, and the recently developed intrinsically chiroptical nanoparticles have demonstrated remarkable ability to regulate biological processes through routes such as enantioselective catalysis and enhanced antibacterial activity. Despite several recent reviews on chiral nanomaterials, limited attention has been given to the specific potential of these materials in facilitating tissue regeneration processes. Thus, this timely review aims to fill this gap by exploring the fundamental characteristics of chiral nanomaterials, including their chiroptical activities and analytical techniques. Also, the recent advancements in incorporating these materials in tissue engineering applications are highlighted. The review concludes by critically discussing the outlook of utilizing chiral nanomaterials in guiding future strategies for tissue engineering design.
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- Zhenxu Yang
- School of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales 2006, Australia.
- The University of Sydney Nano Institute, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales 2006, Australia
- The Biophotonics and Mechanobioengineering Laboratory, Faculty of Engineering, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales 2006, Australia
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- School of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales 2006, Australia.
- The University of Sydney Nano Institute, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales 2006, Australia
- The Biophotonics and Mechanobioengineering Laboratory, Faculty of Engineering, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales 2006, Australia
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- School of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales 2006, Australia.
- The Biophotonics and Mechanobioengineering Laboratory, Faculty of Engineering, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales 2006, Australia
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- School of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and IT, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales 2007, Australia
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- School of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and IT, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales 2007, Australia
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- School of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and IT, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales 2007, Australia
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- School of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales 2006, Australia.
- The University of Sydney Nano Institute, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales 2006, Australia
- The Biophotonics and Mechanobioengineering Laboratory, Faculty of Engineering, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales 2006, Australia
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- School of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales 2006, Australia.
- The University of Sydney Nano Institute, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales 2006, Australia
- The Biophotonics and Mechanobioengineering Laboratory, Faculty of Engineering, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales 2006, Australia
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- School of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales 2006, Australia.
- The University of Sydney Nano Institute, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales 2006, Australia
- School of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and IT, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales 2007, Australia
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- School of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales 2006, Australia.
- The University of Sydney Nano Institute, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales 2006, Australia
- The Biophotonics and Mechanobioengineering Laboratory, Faculty of Engineering, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales 2006, Australia
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Song J, Ji CY, Ma X, Li J, Zhao W, Wang RY. Key Role of Asymmetric Photothermal Effect in Selectively Chiral Switching of Plasmonic Dimer Driven by Circularly Polarized Light. J Phys Chem Lett 2024; 15:975-982. [PMID: 38252465 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.3c03387] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2024]
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Strong interaction between circularly polarized light and chiral plasmonic nanostructures can enable controllable asymmetric photophysical processes, such as selective chiral switching of a plasmonic nanorod-dimer. Here, we uncover the underlying physics that governs this chiral switching by theoretically investigating the interplay between asymmetric photothermal and optomechanical effects. We find that the photothermally induced local temperature rises could play a key role in activating the dynamic chiral configurations of a plasmonic dimer due to the temperature-sensitive molecular linkages located at the gap region. Importantly, different temperature rises caused by the opposite handedness of light could facilitate selective chiral switching of the plasmonic dimer driven by asymmetric optical torques. Our analyses on the wavelength-dependent selectively chiral switching behaviors are in good agreement with the experimental observations. This work contributes to a comprehensive understanding of the physical mechanism involved in the experimentally designed photoresponsive plasmonic nanosystems for practical applications.
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- Jian Song
- School of Physics, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
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- Key Lab of Advanced Optoelectronic Quantum Architecture and Measurement (MOE), Beijing Key Lab of Nanophotonics & Ultrafine Optoelectronic Systems, and School of Physics, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
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- School of Physics, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
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- Key Lab of Advanced Optoelectronic Quantum Architecture and Measurement (MOE), Beijing Key Lab of Nanophotonics & Ultrafine Optoelectronic Systems, and School of Physics, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
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- College of Math and Physics, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, China
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- School of Physics, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
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Engel YL, Feferman D, Ghalawat M, Santiago EY, Avalos-Ovando O, Govorov AO, Markovich G. Reshaping and induction of optical activity in gold@silver nanocuboids by chiral glutathione molecules. J Chem Phys 2024; 160:024706. [PMID: 38214391 DOI: 10.1063/5.0182057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2023] [Accepted: 12/21/2023] [Indexed: 01/13/2024] Open
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Core-shell gold-silver cuboidal nanoparticles were produced, with either concave or straight facets. Their incubation with a low concentration of chiral l-glutathione (GSH) biomolecules was found to produce near UV plasmonic extinction and induced circular dichroism (CD) peaks. The effect is sensitive to the silver shell thickness. The GSH molecules were found to cause redistribution of silver in the shell, removing silver atoms from edges/corners and re-depositing them at the nanocuboid facets, probably through some redox and complexation processes between the silver and thiol group of the GSH. Other thiolated chiral biomolecules (and drug molecules) did not show this effect. The emerging near UV surface plasmon resonance is a silver slab resonance, which might also possess some multipolar resonance nature. The concave-shaped nanocuboids exhibited stronger induced plasmonic CD relative to the nanocuboids with straight facets.
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- School of Chemistry, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 6997801, Israel
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- School of Chemistry, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 6997801, Israel
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy and Nanoscale and Quantum Phenomena Institute, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio 45701, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy and Nanoscale and Quantum Phenomena Institute, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio 45701, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy and Nanoscale and Quantum Phenomena Institute, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio 45701, USA
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- School of Chemistry, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 6997801, Israel
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Frka-Petesic B, Parton TG, Honorato-Rios C, Narkevicius A, Ballu K, Shen Q, Lu Z, Ogawa Y, Haataja JS, Droguet BE, Parker RM, Vignolini S. Structural Color from Cellulose Nanocrystals or Chitin Nanocrystals: Self-Assembly, Optics, and Applications. Chem Rev 2023; 123:12595-12756. [PMID: 38011110 PMCID: PMC10729353 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.2c00836] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2022] [Indexed: 11/29/2023]
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Widespread concerns over the impact of human activity on the environment have resulted in a desire to replace artificial functional materials with naturally derived alternatives. As such, polysaccharides are drawing increasing attention due to offering a renewable, biodegradable, and biocompatible feedstock for functional nanomaterials. In particular, nanocrystals of cellulose and chitin have emerged as versatile and sustainable building blocks for diverse applications, ranging from mechanical reinforcement to structural coloration. Much of this interest arises from the tendency of these colloidally stable nanoparticles to self-organize in water into a lyotropic cholesteric liquid crystal, which can be readily manipulated in terms of its periodicity, structure, and geometry. Importantly, this helicoidal ordering can be retained into the solid-state, offering an accessible route to complex nanostructured films, coatings, and particles. In this review, the process of forming iridescent, structurally colored films from suspensions of cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs) is summarized and the mechanisms underlying the chemical and physical phenomena at each stage in the process explored. Analogy is then drawn with chitin nanocrystals (ChNCs), allowing for key differences to be critically assessed and strategies toward structural coloration to be presented. Importantly, the progress toward translating this technology from academia to industry is summarized, with unresolved scientific and technical questions put forward as challenges to the community.
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- Bruno Frka-Petesic
- Yusuf
Hamied Department of Chemistry, University
of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge CB2 1EW, United Kingdom
- International
Institute for Sustainability with Knotted Chiral Meta Matter (WPI-SKCM), Hiroshima University, 1-3-1 Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima 739-8526, Japan
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- Yusuf
Hamied Department of Chemistry, University
of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge CB2 1EW, United Kingdom
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- Department
of Sustainable and Bio-inspired Materials, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Am Mühlenberg 1, 14476 Potsdam, Germany
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- B
CUBE − Center for Molecular Bioengineering, Technische Universität Dresden, 01307 Dresden, Germany
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- Yusuf
Hamied Department of Chemistry, University
of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge CB2 1EW, United Kingdom
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- Yusuf
Hamied Department of Chemistry, University
of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge CB2 1EW, United Kingdom
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- Yusuf
Hamied Department of Chemistry, University
of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge CB2 1EW, United Kingdom
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- CERMAV-CNRS,
CS40700, 38041 Grenoble cedex 9, France
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- Department
of Applied Physics, Aalto University School
of Science, P.O. Box
15100, Aalto, Espoo FI-00076, Finland
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- Yusuf
Hamied Department of Chemistry, University
of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge CB2 1EW, United Kingdom
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- Yusuf
Hamied Department of Chemistry, University
of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge CB2 1EW, United Kingdom
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- Yusuf
Hamied Department of Chemistry, University
of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge CB2 1EW, United Kingdom
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Venturi M, Adhikary R, Sahoo A, Ferrante C, Daidone I, Di Stasio F, Toma A, Tani F, Altug H, Mecozzi A, Aschi M, Marini A. Plasmon-enhanced circular dichroism spectroscopy of chiral drug solutions. J Chem Phys 2023; 159:154703. [PMID: 37846957 DOI: 10.1063/5.0169826] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2023] [Accepted: 10/01/2023] [Indexed: 10/18/2023] Open
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We investigate the potential of surface plasmon polaritons at noble metal interfaces for surface-enhanced chiroptical sensing of dilute chiral drug solutions with nl volume. The high quality factor of surface plasmon resonances in both Otto and Kretschmann configurations enables the enhancement of circular dichroism differenatial absorption thanks to the large near-field intensity of such plasmonic excitations. Furthermore, the subwavelength confinement of surface plasmon polaritons is key to attain chiroptical sensitivity to small amounts of drug volumes placed around ≃100 nm by the metal surface. Our calculations focus on reparixin, a pharmaceutical molecule currently used in clinical studies for patients with community-acquired pneumonia, including COVID-19 and acute respiratory distress syndrome. Considering realistic dilute solutions of reparixin dissolved in water with concentration ≤5 mg/ml and nl volume, we find a circular-dichroism differential absorption enhancement factor of the order ≃20 and chirality-induced polarization distortion upon surface plasmon polariton excitation. Our results are relevant for the development of innovative chiroptical sensors capable of measuring the enantiomeric imbalance of chiral drug solutions with nl volume.
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- Matteo Venturi
- Department of Physical and Chemical Sciences, University of L'Aquila, Via Vetoio, 67100 L'Aquila, Italy
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- Department of Physical and Chemical Sciences, University of L'Aquila, Via Vetoio, 67100 L'Aquila, Italy
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- Department of Physical and Chemical Sciences, University of L'Aquila, Via Vetoio, 67100 L'Aquila, Italy
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- CNR-SPIN, c/o Dip.to di Scienze Fisiche e Chimiche, Via Vetoio, Coppito (L'Aquila) 67100, Italy
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- Department of Physical and Chemical Sciences, University of L'Aquila, Via Vetoio, 67100 L'Aquila, Italy
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- Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Via Morego 30, Genova 16136, Italy
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- Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light, Staudtstr. 2, 91058 Erlangen, Germany
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- Institute of Bioengineering, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne 1015, Switzerland
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- Department of Physical and Chemical Sciences, University of L'Aquila, Via Vetoio, 67100 L'Aquila, Italy
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- Department of Physical and Chemical Sciences, University of L'Aquila, Via Vetoio, 67100 L'Aquila, Italy
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- Department of Physical and Chemical Sciences, University of L'Aquila, Via Vetoio, 67100 L'Aquila, Italy
- CNR-SPIN, c/o Dip.to di Scienze Fisiche e Chimiche, Via Vetoio, Coppito (L'Aquila) 67100, Italy
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Sun J, Shi Z, Liu X, Ma Y, Li R, Chen S, Xin S, Wang N, Jia S, Wu K. Theoretical Investigation on the Metamaterials Based on the Magnetic Template-Assisted Self-Assembly of Magnetic-Plasmonic Nanoparticles for Adjustable Photonic Responses. J Phys Chem B 2023; 127:8681-8689. [PMID: 37782892 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.3c04917] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/04/2023]
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The assembly of artificial nano- or microstructured materials with tunable functionalities and structures, mimicking nature's complexity, holds great potential for numerous novel applications. Despite remarkable progress in synthesizing colloidal molecules with diverse functionalities, most current methods, such as the capillarity-assisted particle assembly method, the ionic assembly method based on ionic interactions, or the field-directed assembly strategy based on dipole-dipole interactions, are confined to focusing on achieving symmetrical molecules. But there have been few examples of fabricating asymmetrical colloidal molecules that could exhibit unprecedented optical properties. Here, we introduce a microfluidic and magnetic template-assisted self-assembly protocol that relies mainly on the magnetic dipole-dipole interactions between magnetized magnetic-plasmonic nanoparticles and the mechanical constraints resulting from the specially designed traps. This novel strategy not only requires no specific chemistry but also enables magnetophoretic control of magnetic-plasmonic nanoparticles during the assembly process. Moreover, the assembled asymmetrical colloidal molecules also exhibit interesting hybridized plasmon modes and produce exotic optical properties due to the strong coupling of the individual nanoparticle. The ability to fabricate asymmetrical colloidal molecules based on the bottom-up method opens up a new direction for the fabrication of novel microscale structures for biosensing, patterning, and delivery applications.
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- Jiajia Sun
- State Key Laboratory of Electrical Insulation and Power Equipment, Xi'an Jiaotong University, No. 28 Xianning West Road, Xi'an 710049, Shaanxi, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Electrical Insulation and Power Equipment, Xi'an Jiaotong University, No. 28 Xianning West Road, Xi'an 710049, Shaanxi, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Electrical Insulation and Power Equipment, Xi'an Jiaotong University, No. 28 Xianning West Road, Xi'an 710049, Shaanxi, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Electrical Insulation and Power Equipment, Xi'an Jiaotong University, No. 28 Xianning West Road, Xi'an 710049, Shaanxi, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Electrical Insulation and Power Equipment, Xi'an Jiaotong University, No. 28 Xianning West Road, Xi'an 710049, Shaanxi, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Electrical Insulation and Power Equipment, Xi'an Jiaotong University, No. 28 Xianning West Road, Xi'an 710049, Shaanxi, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Electrical Insulation and Power Equipment, Xi'an Jiaotong University, No. 28 Xianning West Road, Xi'an 710049, Shaanxi, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Electrical Insulation and Power Equipment, Xi'an Jiaotong University, No. 28 Xianning West Road, Xi'an 710049, Shaanxi, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Electrical Insulation and Power Equipment, Xi'an Jiaotong University, No. 28 Xianning West Road, Xi'an 710049, Shaanxi, China
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas 79409, United States
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Bertocchi F, Sissa C, Painelli A. Circular dichroism of molecular aggregates: A tutorial. Chirality 2023; 35:681-691. [PMID: 36987936 DOI: 10.1002/chir.23565] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/31/2022] [Revised: 02/23/2023] [Accepted: 03/16/2023] [Indexed: 03/30/2023]
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In this tutorial, we guide the reader through two alternative approaches to the calculation of circular dichroism (CD) spectra of chiral supramolecular assemblies of non-chiral chromophores. The two seemingly different approaches rely on the same basic approximations and are therefore expected to lead to similar results. For a dimer, we obtain explicit analytic expressions for the CD responses in the two approaches and demonstrate the perfect equivalence of the two methods. Numerical results for larger systems further validate this result. We hope that this tutorial will help young students and scientists entering the field to approach the fascinating topic of supramolecular chirality.
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- Francesco Bertocchi
- Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche, della Vita e della Sostenibilità Ambientale, Università di Parma, Parma, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche, della Vita e della Sostenibilità Ambientale, Università di Parma, Parma, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche, della Vita e della Sostenibilità Ambientale, Università di Parma, Parma, Italy
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Cui J, Zhang W, Han Y, Wang Y, Jiang W. Solution Self-Assembly of Amphiphilic Tadpole-like Giant Molecules Constructed by Monotethering Diblock Copolymer Chain onto a Nanoparticle. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2023; 39:13335-13344. [PMID: 37690120 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.3c02056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/12/2023]
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The self-assembly behavior of a tadpole-like giant molecule (TGM) constructed from a hydrophobic nanoparticle (NP) monotethered by a single amphiphilic AB diblock copolymer chain was investigated by combining self-consistent field theory and density functional theory in solution. The effects of the hydrophobicities of the B blocks and NPs (i.e., solvent properties) on the self-assembly behavior of the TGMs were investigated in the cases of weak and strong intramolecular interactions (i.e., incompatibilities) between the components of giant molecules, respectively. Besides conventional ordered aggregates (such as spheres, rings, and vesicles) with hydrophobic B-cores covered by NP shells, several aggregates with novel hierarchical structures, including vesicles with NP-inserted hydrophobic walls, bead-string-like micelles, and long cylindrical micelles with NP bumps, were obtained by tuning the solvent properties under different intramolecular interactions. Noteworthy that the simulation results show that the arrangement of the NP bumps on the long cylindrical micelles may have a certain degree of helicity, which means that these micelles may have some unique electromagnetic features such as circular dichroism. Phase diagrams as a function of the hydrophobicities of the B blocks and NPs were constructed to show the formation conditions of these novel structures. These findings can not only offer new insights into understanding of the self-assembly behavior of the TGM in solution but also provide useful guidance for simple and efficient regulation of the morphology, as well as the NP distribution and arrangement of the ordered aggregates in experiments.
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- Jie Cui
- School of Petrochemical Engineering, Liaoning Petrochemical University, Fushun 113001, P. R. China
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- School of Petrochemical Engineering, Liaoning Petrochemical University, Fushun 113001, P. R. China
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- School of Petrochemical Engineering, Liaoning Petrochemical University, Fushun 113001, P. R. China
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- School of Physics and Information Engineering, Shanxi Normal University, Taiyuan 030031, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics and Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130022, P. R. China
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Ali R, Wu Y. Enantioselective transport of chiral spheres using focused femtosecond laser pulses. OPTICS EXPRESS 2023; 31:29716-29729. [PMID: 37710766 DOI: 10.1364/oe.497468] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2023] [Accepted: 08/10/2023] [Indexed: 09/16/2023]
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Optical tweezers are commonly used for manipulating chiral particles by tailoring the properties of the electromagnetic field or of the particles themselves. Non-linearity provides additional degree of freedom to control the manipulation by changing the trapping conditions. In this work, we leverage the nonlinear optical properties of a medium by illuminating it with a circularly polarized laser pulse, enabling single particle enantioselection for the chiral spheres immersed in it. By adjusting the power of the laser pulses, we demonstrate stable trapping of chiral spheres with one handedness near the focal region, while spheres with the opposite handedness are repelled. This enables the chiral resolution of racemic mixtures. Additionally, we perturbed the stable equilibrium position of the trap by driving the sample stage, leading to the emergence of a new stable equilibrium position achieved under the action of the Stokes force. Here we show that the chirality of each individually trapped particle can also be characterized by the rotation of the equilibrium position. Since the power of the laser pulses can be experimentally controlled, this scheme is practical to perform enantioselection, chiral characterization, and chiral resolution of a single chiral sphere with arbitrarily small chirality parameters.
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Lininger A, Palermo G, Guglielmelli A, Nicoletta G, Goel M, Hinczewski M, Strangi G. Chirality in Light-Matter Interaction. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2023; 35:e2107325. [PMID: 35532188 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202107325] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 24.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2021] [Revised: 04/07/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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The scientific effort to control the interaction between light and matter has grown exponentially in the last 2 decades. This growth has been aided by the development of scientific and technological tools enabling the manipulation of light at deeply sub-wavelength scales, unlocking a large variety of novel phenomena spanning traditionally distant research areas. Here, the role of chirality in light-matter interactions is reviewed by providing a broad overview of its properties, materials, and applications. A perspective on future developments is highlighted, including the growing role of machine learning in designing advanced chiroptical materials to enhance and control light-matter interactions across several scales.
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- Andrew Lininger
- Department of Physics, Case Western Reserve University, 2076 Adelbert Rd, Cleveland, OH, 44106, USA
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- Department of Physics, NLHT-Lab, University of Calabria and CNR-NANOTEC Istituto di Nanotecnologia, Rende, 87036, Italy
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- Department of Physics, NLHT-Lab, University of Calabria and CNR-NANOTEC Istituto di Nanotecnologia, Rende, 87036, Italy
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- Department of Physics, NLHT-Lab, University of Calabria and CNR-NANOTEC Istituto di Nanotecnologia, Rende, 87036, Italy
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- Department of Physics, Case Western Reserve University, 2076 Adelbert Rd, Cleveland, OH, 44106, USA
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- Department of Physics, Case Western Reserve University, 2076 Adelbert Rd, Cleveland, OH, 44106, USA
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- Department of Physics, Case Western Reserve University, 2076 Adelbert Rd, Cleveland, OH, 44106, USA
- Department of Physics, NLHT-Lab, University of Calabria and CNR-NANOTEC Istituto di Nanotecnologia, Rende, 87036, Italy
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Jones RR, Miksch C, Kwon H, Pothoven C, Rusimova KR, Kamp M, Gong K, Zhang L, Batten T, Smith B, Silhanek AV, Fischer P, Wolverson D, Valev VK. Dense Arrays of Nanohelices: Raman Scattering from Achiral Molecules Reveals the Near-Field Enhancements at Chiral Metasurfaces. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2023; 35:e2209282. [PMID: 36631958 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202209282] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2022] [Revised: 12/11/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
Abstract
Against the background of the current healthcare and climate emergencies, surface enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) is becoming a highly topical technique for identifying and fingerprinting molecules, e.g., within viruses, bacteria, drugs, and atmospheric aerosols. Crucial for SERS is the need for substrates with strong and reproducible enhancements of the Raman signal over large areas and with a low fabrication cost. Here, dense arrays of plasmonic nanohelices (≈100 nm in length), which are of interest for many advanced nanophotonics applications, are investigated, and they are shown to present excellent SERS properties. As an illustration, two new ways to probe near-field enhancement generated with circular polarization at chiral metasurfaces are presented, first using the Raman spectra of achiral molecules (crystal violet) and second using a single, element-specific, achiral molecular vibrational mode (i.e., a single Raman peak). The nanohelices can be fabricated over large areas at a low cost and they provide strong, robust and uniform Raman enhancement. It is anticipated that these advanced materials will find broad applications in surface enhanced Raman spectroscopies and material science.
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- Robin R Jones
- Centre for Photonics and Photonic Materials and Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Department of Physics, University of Bath, Claverton Down, BA2 7AY, UK
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- Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems, Heisenbergstraße 3, 70569, Stuttgart, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems, Heisenbergstraße 3, 70569, Stuttgart, Germany
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- VSPARTICLE, Molengraaffsingel 10, JD Delft, 2629, The Netherlands
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- Centre for Photonics and Photonic Materials and Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Department of Physics, University of Bath, Claverton Down, BA2 7AY, UK
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- VSPARTICLE, Molengraaffsingel 10, JD Delft, 2629, The Netherlands
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- Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200433, China
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- Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200433, China
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- Renishaw plc, New Mills, Kingswood, Wotton-under-Edge, GL12 8JR, UK
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- Renishaw plc, New Mills, Kingswood, Wotton-under-Edge, GL12 8JR, UK
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- Experimental Physics of Nanostructured Materials, Q-MAT, CESAM, University of Liége, Sart Tilman, B-4000, Belgium
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- Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems, Heisenbergstraße 3, 70569, Stuttgart, Germany
- Institute of Physical Chemistry, University of Stuttgart, Pfaffenwaldring 55, 70569, Stuttgart, Germany
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- Centre for Photonics and Photonic Materials and Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Department of Physics, University of Bath, Claverton Down, BA2 7AY, UK
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- Centre for Photonics and Photonic Materials and Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Department of Physics, University of Bath, Claverton Down, BA2 7AY, UK
- Centre for Therapeutic Innovation, University of Bath, Bath, BA2 7AY, UK
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Cerdán L, Zundel L, Manjavacas A. Chiral Lattice Resonances in 2.5-Dimensional Periodic Arrays with Achiral Unit Cells. ACS PHOTONICS 2023; 10:1925-1935. [PMID: 37363634 PMCID: PMC10288824 DOI: 10.1021/acsphotonics.3c00369] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2023] [Indexed: 06/28/2023]
Abstract
Lattice resonances are collective electromagnetic modes supported by periodic arrays of metallic nanostructures. These excitations arise from the coherent multiple scattering between the elements of the array and, thanks to their collective origin, produce very strong and spectrally narrow optical responses. In recent years, there has been significant effort dedicated to characterizing the lattice resonances supported by arrays built from complex unit cells containing multiple nanostructures. Simultaneously, periodic arrays with chiral unit cells, made of either an individual nanostructure with a chiral morphology or a group of nanostructures placed in a chiral arrangement, have been shown to exhibit lattice resonances with different responses to right- and left-handed circularly polarized light. Motivated by this, here, we investigate the lattice resonances supported by square bipartite arrays in which the relative positions of the nanostructures can vary in all three spatial dimensions, effectively functioning as 2.5-dimensional arrays. We find that these systems can support lattice resonances with almost perfect chiral responses and very large quality factors, despite the achirality of the unit cell. Furthermore, we show that the chiral response of the lattice resonances originates from the constructive and destructive interference between the electric and magnetic dipoles induced in the two nanostructures of the unit cell. Our results serve to establish a theoretical framework to describe the optical response of 2.5-dimensional arrays and provide an approach to obtain chiral lattice resonances in periodic arrays with achiral unit cells.
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- Luis Cerdán
- Instituto
de Óptica (IO−CSIC), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones
Científicas, 28006 Madrid, Spain
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- Department
of Physics and Astronomy, University of
New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87106, United States
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- Instituto
de Óptica (IO−CSIC), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones
Científicas, 28006 Madrid, Spain
- Department
of Physics and Astronomy, University of
New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87106, United States
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Goerlitzer ESA, Zapata-Herrera M, Ponomareva E, Feller D, Garcia-Etxarri A, Karg M, Aizpurua J, Vogel N. Molecular-Induced Chirality Transfer to Plasmonic Lattice Modes. ACS PHOTONICS 2023; 10:1821-1831. [PMID: 37363627 PMCID: PMC10288536 DOI: 10.1021/acsphotonics.3c00174] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2023] [Indexed: 06/28/2023]
Abstract
Molecular chirality plays fundamental roles in biology. The chiral response of a molecule occurs at a specific spectral position, determined by its molecular structure. This fingerprint can be transferred to other spectral regions via the interaction with localized surface plasmon resonances of gold nanoparticles. Here, we demonstrate that molecular chirality transfer occurs also for plasmonic lattice modes, providing a very effective and tunable means to control chirality. We use colloidal self-assembly to fabricate non-close packed, periodic arrays of achiral gold nanoparticles, which are embedded in a polymer film containing chiral molecules. In the presence of the chiral molecules, the surface lattice resonances (SLRs) become optically active, i.e., showing handedness-dependent excitation. Numerical simulations with varying lattice parameters show circular dichroism peaks shifting along with the spectral positions of the lattice modes, corroborating the chirality transfer to these collective modes. A semi-analytical model based on the coupling of single-molecular and plasmonic resonances rationalizes this chirality transfer.
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- Eric Sidney Aaron Goerlitzer
- Institute
of Particle Technology, Friedrich-Alexander
University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Cauerstraße 4, D-91058 Erlangen, Germany
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- Materials
Physics Center CSIC-UPV/EHU, Paseo Manuel de Lardizabal 5, 20018 Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain
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- Institut
für Physikalische Chemie I: Kolloide und Nanooptik, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Universitätsstr. 1, Düsseldorf D-40225 Germany
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- Institut
für Physikalische Chemie I: Kolloide und Nanooptik, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Universitätsstr. 1, Düsseldorf D-40225 Germany
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- Donostia
International Physics Center (DIPC), Paseo Manuel de Lardizabal 4, 20018 Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain
- IKERBASQUE, Basque
Foundation for Science, Maria Diaz de Haro 3, 48013 Bilbao, Spain
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- Institut
für Physikalische Chemie I: Kolloide und Nanooptik, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Universitätsstr. 1, Düsseldorf D-40225 Germany
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- Materials
Physics Center CSIC-UPV/EHU, Paseo Manuel de Lardizabal 5, 20018 Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain
- Donostia
International Physics Center (DIPC), Paseo Manuel de Lardizabal 4, 20018 Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain
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- Institute
of Particle Technology, Friedrich-Alexander
University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Cauerstraße 4, D-91058 Erlangen, Germany
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McCarthy L, Verma O, Naidu GN, Bursi L, Alabastri A, Nordlander P, Link S. Chiral Plasmonic Pinwheels Exhibit Orientation-Independent Linear Differential Scattering under Asymmetric Illumination. CHEMICAL & BIOMEDICAL IMAGING 2023; 1:30-39. [PMID: 37122830 PMCID: PMC10131493 DOI: 10.1021/cbmi.2c00005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2022] [Revised: 02/09/2023] [Accepted: 02/14/2023] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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Plasmonic nanoantennas have considerably stronger polarization-dependent optical properties than their molecular counterparts, inspiring photonic platforms for enhancing molecular dichroism and providing fundamental insight into light-matter interactions. One such insight is that even achiral nanoparticles can yield strong optical activity when they are asymmetrically illuminated from a single oblique angle instead of evenly illuminated. This effect, called extrinsic chirality, results from the overall chirality of the experimental geometry and strongly depends on the orientation of the incident light. Although extrinsic chirality has been well-characterized, an analogous effect involving linear polarization sensitivity has not yet been discussed. In this study, we investigate the differential scattering of rotationally symmetric chiral plasmonic pinwheels when asymmetrically irradiated with linearly polarized light. Despite their high rotational symmetry, we observe substantial linear differential scattering that is maintained over all pinwheel orientations. We demonstrate that this orientation-independent linear differential scattering arises from the broken mirror and rotational symmetries of our overall experimental geometry. Our results underscore the necessity of considering both the rotational symmetry of the nanoantenna and the experimental setup, including illumination direction and angle, when performing plasmon-enhanced chiroptical characterizations. Our results demonstrate spectroscopic signatures of an effect analogous to extrinsic chirality for linear polarizations.
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- Lauren
A. McCarthy
- Department
of Chemistry, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, Texas 77005, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, Texas 77005, United States
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- Department
of Physics and Astronomy, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, Texas 77005, United States
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- Department
of Physics and Astronomy, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, Texas 77005, United States
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- Department
of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Rice University, 6100
Main Street, Houston, Texas 77005, United States
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- Department
of Physics and Astronomy, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, Texas 77005, United States
- Department
of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Rice University, 6100
Main Street, Houston, Texas 77005, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, Texas 77005, United States
- Department
of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Rice University, 6100
Main Street, Houston, Texas 77005, United States
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Sherman ZM, Kim K, Kang J, Roman BJ, Crory HSN, Conrad DL, Valenzuela SA, Lin E, Dominguez MN, Gibbs SL, Anslyn EV, Milliron DJ, Truskett TM. Plasmonic Response of Complex Nanoparticle Assemblies. NANO LETTERS 2023; 23:3030-3037. [PMID: 36989531 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.3c00429] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/19/2023]
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Optical properties of nanoparticle assemblies reflect distinctive characteristics of their building blocks and spatial organization, giving rise to emergent phenomena. Integrated experimental and computational studies have established design principles connecting the structure to properties for assembled clusters and superlattices. However, conventional electromagnetic simulations are too computationally expensive to treat more complex assemblies. Here we establish a fast, materials agnostic method to simulate the optical response of large nanoparticle assemblies incorporating both structural and compositional complexity. This many-bodied, mutual polarization method resolves limitations of established approaches, achieving rapid, accurate convergence for configurations including thousands of nanoparticles, with some overlapping. We demonstrate these capabilities by reproducing experimental trends and uncovering far- and near-field mechanisms governing the optical response of plasmonic semiconductor nanocrystal assemblies including structurally complex gel networks and compositionally complex mixed binary superlattices. This broadly applicable framework will facilitate the design of complex, hierarchically structured, and dynamic assemblies for desired optical characteristics.
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- Zachary M Sherman
- McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, 78712, Texas United States
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- McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, 78712, Texas United States
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- McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, 78712, Texas United States
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- McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, 78712, Texas United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, 78712, Texas United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, 78712, Texas United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, 78712, Texas United States
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- McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, 78712, Texas United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, 78712, Texas United States
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- McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, 78712, Texas United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, 78712, Texas United States
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- McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, 78712, Texas United States
- Department of Chemistry, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, 78712, Texas United States
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- McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, 78712, Texas United States
- Department of Physics, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, 78712, Texas United States
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Zhao Q, Zhang H, Zhou ZK, Wang XH. Enhancing chiroptical responses in the nanoparticle system by manipulating the far-field and near-field couplings. OPTICS EXPRESS 2023; 31:9376-9386. [PMID: 37157509 DOI: 10.1364/oe.484851] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
Abstract
Employing nanostructure to generate large chiroptical response has been cultivated as an emerging field, for its great potentials in integrated optics, biochemistry detections, etc. However, the lack of intuitive approaches for analytically describing the chiroptical nanoparticles has discouraged researchers from effectively designing advanced chiroptical structures. In this work, we take the twisted nanorod dimer system as a basic example to provide an analytical approach from the perspective of mode coupling, including far-field coupling and near-field coupling of nanoparticles. Using this approach, we can calculate the expression of circular dichroism (CD) in the twisted nanorod dimer system, which can establish the analytical relationship between the chiroptical response and the basic parameters of this system. Our results show that the CD response can be engineered by modulating the structure parameters, and a high CD response of ∼ 0.78 under the guidance of this approach has been achieved.
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Peil A, Zhan P, Duan X, Krahne R, Garoli D, M Liz-Marzán L, Liu N. Transformable Plasmonic Helix with Swinging Gold Nanoparticles. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2023; 62:e202213992. [PMID: 36423337 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202213992] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2022] [Revised: 11/20/2022] [Accepted: 11/24/2022] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Control over multiple optical elements that can be dynamically rearranged to yield substantial three-dimensional structural transformations is of great importance to realize reconfigurable plasmonic nanoarchitectures with sensitive and distinct optical feedback. In this work, we demonstrate a transformable plasmonic helix system, in which multiple gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) can be directly transported by DNA swingarms to target positions without undergoing consecutive stepwise movements. The swingarms allow for programmable AuNP translocations in large leaps within plasmonic nanoarchitectures, giving rise to tailored circular dichroism spectra. Our work provides an instructive bottom-up solution to building complex dynamic plasmonic systems, which can exhibit prominent optical responses through cooperative rearrangements of the constituent optical elements with high fidelity and programmability.
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- Andreas Peil
- 2. Physics Institute, University of Stuttgart, Pfaffenwaldring 57, 70569, Stuttgart, Germany.,Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research, Heisenbergstraße 1, 70569, Stuttgart, Germany
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- 2. Physics Institute, University of Stuttgart, Pfaffenwaldring 57, 70569, Stuttgart, Germany.,Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research, Heisenbergstraße 1, 70569, Stuttgart, Germany
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- 2. Physics Institute, University of Stuttgart, Pfaffenwaldring 57, 70569, Stuttgart, Germany.,Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research, Heisenbergstraße 1, 70569, Stuttgart, Germany
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- Instituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Via Morego 30, 16163, Genova, Italy
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- Instituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Via Morego 30, 16163, Genova, Italy
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- CIC BiomaGUNE, Paseo Miramón 182, 20014, Donostia/San Sebastián, Spain.,Biomedical Networking Center, Bioengineering, Biomaterials and Nanomedicine (CIBER-BBN), Paseo Miramón 182, 20014, Donostia/San Sebastián, Spain.,Ikerbasque, Basque Foundation for Science, 43009, Bilbao, Spain
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- 2. Physics Institute, University of Stuttgart, Pfaffenwaldring 57, 70569, Stuttgart, Germany.,Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research, Heisenbergstraße 1, 70569, Stuttgart, Germany
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Wang Y, Liu R, Zhang Z, Wei J, Yang Z. Large Optical Asymmetry in Silver Nanoparticle Assemblies Enabled by CH-π Interaction-Mediated Chirality Transfer. J Am Chem Soc 2023; 145:4035-4044. [PMID: 36757911 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.2c11639] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/10/2023]
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Transfer of asymmetry from the molecular system to the other distinct system requires appropriate chemical interactions. Here, we show how the CH-π interaction, one of the weakest hydrogen bonds, can be applied to transfer the asymmetry from π-conjugated chiral molecules to the assemblies of plasmonic Ag nanoparticles, where the aliphatic chains of chiral molecules and the polystyrene chains grafted on Ag nanoparticles are served as the hydrogen donor and acceptor, respectively. The optical asymmetry g-factor of the chiral assemblies of plasmonic nanoparticles is strongly dependent on the molecular weight of the polystyrene ligand, the core structure of the molecule, and the aliphatic chain length of the chiral molecule. Importantly, we explore a molecular mixing strategy to enhance the asymmetry g-factor of chiral molecular assemblies, which consequently promotes the g-factor of chiral plasmonics efficiently, reaching a high value of ∼0.05 under optimal conditions. Overall, we rationalize the chirality transfer from chiral molecules to inorganic nanoparticles, providing the guidance for structural design of chiral nanocomposites with a high g-factor.
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- Ye Wang
- Key Laboratory of Colloid and Interface Chemistry, Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, P.R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Colloid and Interface Chemistry, Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, P.R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Colloid and Interface Chemistry, Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, P.R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Colloid and Interface Chemistry, Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, P.R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Colloid and Interface Chemistry, Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, P.R. China
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Wang S, Liu X, Mourdikoudis S, Chen J, Fu W, Sofer Z, Zhang Y, Zhang S, Zheng G. Chiral Au Nanorods: Synthesis, Chirality Origin, and Applications. ACS NANO 2022; 16:19789-19809. [PMID: 36454684 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.2c08145] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Chiral Au nanorods (c-Au NRs) with diverse architectures constitute an interesting nanospecies in the field of chiral nanophotonics. The numerous possible plasmonic behaviors of Au NRs can be coupled with chirality to initiate, tune, and amplify their chiroptical response. Interdisciplinary technologies have boosted the development of fabrication and applications of c-Au NRs. Herein, we have focused on the role of chirality in c-Au NRs which helps to manipulate the light-matter interaction in nontraditional ways. A broad overview on the chirality origin, chirality transfer, chiroptical activities, artificially synthetic methodologies, and circularly polarized applications of c-Au NRs will be summarized and discussed. A deeper understanding of light-matter interaction in c-Au NRs will help to manipulate the chirality at the nanoscale, reveal the natural evolution process taking place, and set up a series of circularly polarized applications.
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- Shenli Wang
- School of Food Science and Engineering, Henan University of Technology, Lianhua Road 100, Zhengzhou, 450001, P. R. China
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- School of Physics and Microelectronics, Key Laboratory of Material Physics, Ministry of Education, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450001, P. R. China
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- Department of Inorganic Chemistry, University of Chemistry and Technology Prague, Technicka 5, 16628, Prague 6, Czech Republic
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- School of Food Science and Engineering, Henan University of Technology, Lianhua Road 100, Zhengzhou, 450001, P. R. China
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- School of Physics and Microelectronics, Key Laboratory of Material Physics, Ministry of Education, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450001, P. R. China
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- Department of Inorganic Chemistry, University of Chemistry and Technology Prague, Technicka 5, 16628, Prague 6, Czech Republic
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- School of Physics and Microelectronics, Key Laboratory of Material Physics, Ministry of Education, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450001, P. R. China
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- School of Physics and Technology and Key Laboratory of Artificial Micro- and Nano-structures of Ministry of Education, Wuhan University, Wuhan430072, P. R. China
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- School of Physics and Microelectronics, Key Laboratory of Material Physics, Ministry of Education, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450001, P. R. China
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Yao Y, Ugras TJ, Meyer T, Dykes M, Wang D, Arbe A, Bals S, Kahr B, Robinson RD. Extracting Pure Circular Dichroism from Hierarchically Structured CdS Magic Cluster Films. ACS NANO 2022; 16:20457-20469. [PMID: 36395373 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.2c06730] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Chiroptically active, hierarchically structured materials are difficult to accurately characterize due to linear anisotropic contributions (i.e., linear dichroism (LD) and linear birefringence (LB)) and parasitic ellipticities that produce artifactual circular dichroism (CD) signals, in addition to chiral analyte contributions ranging from molecular-scale clusters to micron-sized assemblies. Recently, we have shown that CdS magic-sized clusters (MSC) can self-assemble into ordered films that have a hierarchical structure spanning seven orders of length-scale. These films have a strong CD response, but the chiral origins are obfuscated by the hierarchical architecture and LDLB contributions. Here, we derive and demonstrate a method for extracting the "pure" CD signal (CD generated by structural dissymmetry) from hierarchical MSC films and identified the chiral origin. The theory behind the method is derived using Mueller matrix and Stokes vector conventions and verified experimentally before being applied to hierarchical MSC and nanoparticle films with varying macroscopic orderings. Each film's extracted "true CD" shares a bisignate profile aligned with the exciton peak, indicating the assemblies adopt a chiral arrangement and form an exciton coupled system. Interestingly, the linearly aligned MSC film possesses one of the highest g-factors (0.05) among semiconducting nanostructures reported. Additionally, we find that films with similar electronic transition dipole alignment can possess greatly different g-factors, indicating chirality change rather than anisotropy is the cause of the difference in the CD signal. The difference in g-factor is controllable via film evaporation geometry. This study provides a simple means to measure "true" CD and presents an example of experimentally understanding chiroptic interactions in hierarchical nanostructures.
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- Yuan Yao
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York14853, United States
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- School of Applied and Engineering Physics, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York14853, United States
- Kavli Institute at Cornell for Nanoscale Science, Ithaca, New York14853, United States
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York14853, United States
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- Department of Physics, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York14853, United States
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- Electron Microscopy for Materials Science (EMAT) and NANOlab Center of Excellence, University of Antwerp, 2020Antwerp, Belgium
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- Centro de Física de Materiales (CSIC, UPV/EHU) and Materials Physics Center MPC, Paseo Manuel de Lardizabal 5, E-20018San Sebastián, Spain
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- Electron Microscopy for Materials Science (EMAT) and NANOlab Center of Excellence, University of Antwerp, 2020Antwerp, Belgium
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- Department of Chemistry and Molecular Design Institute, New York University, New York City, New York10003, United States
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York14853, United States
- Kavli Institute at Cornell for Nanoscale Science, Ithaca, New York14853, United States
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Martens K, Funck T, Santiago EY, Govorov AO, Burger S, Liedl T. Onset of Chirality in Plasmonic Meta-Molecules and Dielectric Coupling. ACS NANO 2022; 16:16143-16149. [PMID: 36241172 PMCID: PMC9620978 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.2c04729] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2022] [Accepted: 09/22/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Chirality is a fundamental feature in all domains of nature, ranging from particle physics over electromagnetism to chemistry and biology. Chiral objects lack a mirror plane and inversion symmetry and therefore cannot be spatially aligned with their mirrored counterpart, their enantiomer. Both natural molecules and artificial chiral nanostructures can be characterized by their light-matter interaction, which is reflected in circular dichroism (CD). Using DNA origami, we assemble model meta-molecules from multiple plasmonic nanoparticles, representing meta-atoms accurately positioned in space. This allows us to reconstruct piece by piece the impact of varying macromolecular geometries on their surrounding optical near fields. Next to the emergence of CD signatures in the instance that we architect a third dimension, we design and implement sign-flipping signals through addition or removal of single particles in the artificial molecules. Our data and theoretical modeling reveal the hitherto unrecognized phenomenon of chiral plasmonic-dielectric coupling, explaining the intricate electromagnetic interactions within hybrid DNA-based plasmonic nanostructures.
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- Kevin Martens
- Faculty
of Physics and Center for NanoScience (CeNS), Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Geschwister-Scholl-Platz 1, 80539 Munich, Germany
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- Faculty
of Physics and Center for NanoScience (CeNS), Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Geschwister-Scholl-Platz 1, 80539 Munich, Germany
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- Department
of Physics and Astronomy, Nanoscale and Quantum Phenomena Institute, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio 45701, United States
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- Department
of Physics and Astronomy, Nanoscale and Quantum Phenomena Institute, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio 45701, United States
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- Zuse
Institute Berlin, Takustraße 7, D-14195 Berlin, Germany
- JCMwave
GmbH, Bolivarallee 22, 14050 Berlin, Germany
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- Faculty
of Physics and Center for NanoScience (CeNS), Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Geschwister-Scholl-Platz 1, 80539 Munich, Germany
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Leite TR, Zschiedrich L, Kizilkaya O, McPeak KM. Resonant Plasmonic-Biomolecular Chiral Interactions in the Far-Ultraviolet: Enantiomeric Discrimination of sub-10 nm Amino Acid Films. NANO LETTERS 2022; 22:7343-7350. [PMID: 36084234 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.2c01724] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Resonant plasmonic-molecular chiral interactions are a promising route to enhanced biosensing. However, biomolecular optical activity primarily exists in the far-ultraviolet regime, posing significant challenges for spectral overlap with current nano-optical platforms. We demonstrate experimentally and computationally the enhanced chiral sensing of a resonant plasmonic-biomolecular system operating in the far-UV. We develop a full-wave model of biomolecular films on Al gammadion arrays using experimentally derived chirality parameters. Our calculations show that detectable enhancements in the chiroptical signals from small amounts of biomolecules are possible only when tight spectral overlap exists between the plasmonic and biomolecular chiral responses. We support this conclusion experimentally by using Al gammadion arrays to enantiomerically discriminate ultrathin (<10 nm thick) films of tyrosine. Notably, the chiroptical signals of the bare films were within instrumental noise. Our results demonstrate the importance of using far-UV active metasurfaces for enhancing natural optical activity.
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- Tiago Ramos Leite
- Gordon and Mary Cain Department of Chemical Engineering, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, United States
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- JCMwave GmbH, 14050 Berlin, Germany
- Zuse Institute Berlin, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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- Louisiana State University Center for Advanced Microstructures and Devices, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70806, United States
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- Gordon and Mary Cain Department of Chemical Engineering, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, United States
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Zhang J, Song C, Wang L. DNA-mediated dynamic plasmonic nanostructures: assembly, actuation, optical properties, and biological applications. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2022; 24:23959-23979. [PMID: 36168789 DOI: 10.1039/d2cp02100e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Recent advances in DNA technology have made it possible to combine with the plasmonics to fabricate reconfigurable dynamic nanodevices with extraordinary property and function. These DNA-mediated plasmonic nanostructures have been investigated for a variety of unique and beneficial physicochemical properties and their dynamic behavior has been controlled by endogenous or exogenous stimuli for a variety of interesting biological applications. In this perspective, the recent efforts to use the DNA nanostructures as molecular linkers for fabricating dynamic plasmonic nanostructures are reviewed. Next, the actuation media for triggering the dynamic behavior of plasmonic nanostructures and the dynamic response in optical features are summarized. Finally, the applications, remaining challenges and perspectives of the DNA-mediated dynamic plasmonic nanostructures are discussed.
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- Jingjing Zhang
- State Key Lab for Organic Electronics & Information Displays (KLOEID), Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Biosensors, Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Jiangsu National Synergistic Innovation Center for Advanced Materials (SICAM), Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Nanjing, 210023, China.
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- State Key Lab for Organic Electronics & Information Displays (KLOEID), Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Biosensors, Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Jiangsu National Synergistic Innovation Center for Advanced Materials (SICAM), Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Nanjing, 210023, China.
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- State Key Lab for Organic Electronics & Information Displays (KLOEID), Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Biosensors, Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Jiangsu National Synergistic Innovation Center for Advanced Materials (SICAM), Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Nanjing, 210023, China.
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Huang S, Yang X, Liang X, Wu X, Yang C, Du J, Hou Y. Engineering a strong and stable ultraviolet chiroptical effect in a large-area chiral plasmonic shell. OPTICS EXPRESS 2022; 30:31486-31497. [PMID: 36242228 DOI: 10.1364/oe.468675] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2022] [Accepted: 08/05/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Ultraviolet chiral metamaterials (UCM) are highly desired for their strong interaction with the intrinsic resonance of molecules and ability in manipulating the polarization state of high energy photons, but rarely reported to date due to their small feature size and complex geometry. Herein, we design and fabricate a kind of novel ultraviolet chiral plasmonic shell (UCPS) by combing the stepwise Al deposition and colloid-sphere assembled techniques. The cancellation effect originated from the disorder lattices of micro-domains in the colloid monolayer has been successfully overcome by optimizing the deposition parameters, and a strong CD signal of larger than 1 deg in the UV region is demonstrated both in simulation and experiment. This strong ultraviolet chiroptical resonances mainly come from the surface chiral lattice resonance mode, the whispering gallery mode and also the interaction between neighbor shells, and can be effectively tuned by changing structural parameters, for example, the sphere diameter, or even slightly increasing the deposition temperature in experiment. To improve the stability, the fabricated UCPSs are protected by N2 in the deposition chamber and then passivated by UV-ozone immediately after each deposition step. The formed UCPS show an excellent stability when exposing in the atmospheric environment. The computer-aided geometrical model, electromagnetic modes, and the tunable chiroptical resonance modes have been systematically investigated.
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Kwon J, Choi WJ, Jeong U, Jung W, Hwang I, Park KH, Ko SG, Park SM, Kotov NA, Yeom J. Recent advances in chiral nanomaterials with unique electric and magnetic properties. NANO CONVERGENCE 2022; 9:32. [PMID: 35851425 PMCID: PMC9294134 DOI: 10.1186/s40580-022-00322-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2022] [Accepted: 06/21/2022] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Research on chiral nanomaterials (NMs) has grown radically with a rapid increase in the number of publications over the past decade. It has attracted a large number of scientists in various fields predominantly because of the emergence of unprecedented electric, optical, and magnetic properties when chirality arises in NMs. For applications, it is particularly informative and fascinating to investigate how chiral NMs interact with electromagnetic waves and magnetic fields, depending on their intrinsic composition properties, atomic distortions, and assembled structures. This review provides an overview of recent advances in chiral NMs, such as semiconducting, metallic, and magnetic nanostructures.
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- Junyoung Kwon
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon, 34141, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, USA
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, 7000 East Ave., Livermore, CA, 94551, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon, 34141, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon, 34141, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon, 34141, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon, 34141, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon, 34141, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon, 34141, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, USA.
- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, USA.
- Biointerfaces Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, USA.
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon, 34141, Republic of Korea.
- Department of Biological Sciences, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon, 34141, Republic of Korea.
- Institute for Health Science and Technology, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon, 34141, Republic of Korea.
- Institute for the Nanocentury, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon, 34141, Republic of Korea.
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Zhao H, Xu Z, Lin J. Hierarchically Chiral Nanostructures Self-Assembled from Nanoparticle Tethered Block Copolymers. Macromol Rapid Commun 2022; 43:e2100855. [PMID: 35247288 DOI: 10.1002/marc.202100855] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2021] [Revised: 01/29/2022] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Chiral nanostructures of nanoparticle assemblies have attracted tremendous interest for their fascinating functional properties. Herein, through theoretical simulations, we show that nanoparticle tethered block copolymers can self-assemble into hierarchically chiral nanostructures. Two-fold helices are formed in the hierarchically chiral nanostructures: the diblock copolymers form helical supercylinders while the nanoparticles arrange into chiral assemblies wrapped around the helical supercylinders. The hierarchically chiral nanostructures can be formed in a large parameter window. Circular dichroism calculations demonstrate that the coexistence of polymeric helices and chiral nanoparticle assemblies improves the chiroptical activity. These findings can provide guidelines for designing hierarchically ordered chiral nanostructures with advanced functional properties. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
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- Hongmeng Zhao
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Advanced Polymeric Materials, Key Laboratory for Ultrafine Materials of Ministry of Education, Frontiers Science Center for Materiobiology and Dynamic Chemistry, School of Materials Science and Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200237, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers, Department of Macromolecular Science, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200438, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Advanced Polymeric Materials, Key Laboratory for Ultrafine Materials of Ministry of Education, Frontiers Science Center for Materiobiology and Dynamic Chemistry, School of Materials Science and Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200237, China
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Gong Y, Cao Z, Zhang Z, Liu R, Zhang F, Wei J, Yang Z. Chirality Inversion in Self-Assembled Nanocomposites Directed by Curvature-Mediated Interactions. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022; 61:e202117406. [PMID: 34981650 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202117406] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2021] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Nanoscale curvature-dependent interactions are of paramount importance in biological systems. Here, we report that nanoscale curvature plays an important role in regulating the chirality of self-assembled nanocomposites from chiral organic molecules and achiral nanoparticles. Specifically, we show that the supramolecular chirality of the nanocomposites markedly depends on the nanoparticle curvature, where small-sized nanoparticles of high curvature and large-sized nanoparticles of low curvature lead to nanocomposites with opposite chirality. Quantitative kinetic experiments and molecular dynamics simulations reveal that nanoparticle curvature plays a key role in promoting the pre-nucleation oligomerization of chiral molecules, which consequently regulates the supramolecular chirality of the nanocomposites. We anticipate that this study will aid in rational design of an artificial cooperative system giving rise to emergent assembling phenomena that can be surprisingly rich and often cannot be understood by studying the conventional noncooperative systems.
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- Yanjun Gong
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Key Laboratory of Colloid and Interface Chemistry of MOE, Shandong University, Jinan, 250100, P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Key Laboratory of Colloid and Interface Chemistry of MOE, Shandong University, Jinan, 250100, P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Key Laboratory of Colloid and Interface Chemistry of MOE, Shandong University, Jinan, 250100, P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Key Laboratory of Colloid and Interface Chemistry of MOE, Shandong University, Jinan, 250100, P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Key Laboratory of Colloid and Interface Chemistry of MOE, Shandong University, Jinan, 250100, P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Key Laboratory of Colloid and Interface Chemistry of MOE, Shandong University, Jinan, 250100, P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Key Laboratory of Colloid and Interface Chemistry of MOE, Shandong University, Jinan, 250100, P. R. China
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Ren S, Liu C, Xu K, Jiang N, Hu F, Tan PH, Zheng H, Xu X, Shen C, Zhang J. Azimuth-Resolved Circular Dichroism of Metamaterials. J Phys Chem Lett 2022; 13:1697-1704. [PMID: 35156806 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.1c03944] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Chiral optical metamaterials have attracted a great deal of attention due to their intriguing properties with respect to fundamental research and practical applications. For metamaterials with achiral structures, the system composed of metamaterials and obliquely incident light has extrinsic chirality and can produce circular dichroism (CD) effect. However, there have been few studies on the azimuth-dependent CD spectra of achiral metamaterials that have greatly improved our understanding of optical phenomena caused by external chirality. In this work, we experimentally studied the azimuth-dependent CD that originated from the extrinsic chirality of the metamaterials in an asymmetric-U shape and a U-bar-shape gold unit structure, separately. We explain the origin of the CD in the coupling of the macro-electric dipole and magnetic dipole, and the simulation results are in good agreement with the experiment. Our results provide a possible way to build an on-chip azimuth sensor based on azimuth-dependent CD spectra of metamaterials.
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- Shuliang Ren
- State Key Laboratory of Superlattices and Microstructures, Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100083, China
- Center of Materials Sciences and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Shaanxi Joint Lab of Graphene, State Key Lab Incubation Base of Photoelectric Technology and Functional Materials, International Collaborative Center on Photoelectric Technology and Nano Functional Materials, Institute of Photonics & Photon-Technology, Northwest University, Xi'an 710069, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Superlattices and Microstructures, Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100083, China
- Center of Materials Sciences and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Superlattices and Microstructures, Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100083, China
- Center of Materials Sciences and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Guangxi Colleges and Universities Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Information Processing, Guilin University of Electronic Technology, Guilin 541004, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Superlattices and Microstructures, Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100083, China
- Center of Materials Sciences and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Superlattices and Microstructures, Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100083, China
- Center of Materials Sciences and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Shaanxi Joint Lab of Graphene, State Key Lab Incubation Base of Photoelectric Technology and Functional Materials, International Collaborative Center on Photoelectric Technology and Nano Functional Materials, Institute of Photonics & Photon-Technology, Northwest University, Xi'an 710069, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Superlattices and Microstructures, Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100083, China
- Center of Materials Sciences and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Superlattices and Microstructures, Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100083, China
- Center of Materials Sciences and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
- CAS Center of Excellence in Topological Quantum Computation, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 101408, China
- Beijing Academy of Quantum Information Sciences, Beijing 100193, China
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Li Z, Kang L, Lord RW, Park K, Gillman A, Vaia RA, Schaak RE, Werner DH, Knappenberger KL. Plasmon-Mediated Chiroptical Second Harmonic Generation from Seemingly Achiral Gold Nanorods. ACS NANOSCIENCE AU 2022; 2:32-39. [PMID: 37101517 PMCID: PMC10114620 DOI: 10.1021/acsnanoscienceau.1c00014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/28/2023]
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Throughout nature, simple rules explain complex phenomena, such as the selective interaction of chiral objects with circularly polarized light. Here, we demonstrate chiroptical signals from gold nanorods, which are seemingly achiral structures. Shape anisotropy due to atomic-level faceting and rounding at the tips of nanorods, which are free of chiral surface ligands, induces linear-to-circular polarization modulation during second harmonic generation. The intrinsic nanorod chiroptical response is increased by plasmon-resonant excitation, which preferentially amplifies circularly polarized harmonic signals. This structure-plasmon interplay is uniquely resolved by polarization-resolved second harmonic generation measurements. The material's second-order polarizability is the product of the structure-dependent lattice-normal susceptibility and local surface plasmon field vectors. Synthetically scalable plasmon-supporting nanorods that amplify small circular dichroism signals provide a simple, assembly-free platform for chiroptical transduction.
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- Zehua Li
- Department
of Chemistry, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, United States
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- Department
of Electrical Engineering and Center for Nanoscale Science, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, United States
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- Air
Force Research Laboratory, 2941 Hobson Way, Wright-Patterson Air Force
Base, Ohio 45433, United States
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- Air
Force Research Laboratory, 2941 Hobson Way, Wright-Patterson Air Force
Base, Ohio 45433, United States
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- Air
Force Research Laboratory, 2941 Hobson Way, Wright-Patterson Air Force
Base, Ohio 45433, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, United States
- Department
of Chemical Engineering, The Pennsylvania
State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, United States
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- Department
of Electrical Engineering and Center for Nanoscale Science, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, United States
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Vila-Liarte D, Kotov NA, Liz-Marzán LM. Template-assisted self-assembly of achiral plasmonic nanoparticles into chiral structures. Chem Sci 2022; 13:595-610. [PMID: 35173926 PMCID: PMC8768870 DOI: 10.1039/d1sc03327a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2021] [Accepted: 09/02/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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The acquisition of strong chiroptical activity has revolutionized the field of plasmonics, granting access to novel light-matter interactions and revitalizing research on both the synthesis and application of nanostructures. Among the different mechanisms for the origin of chiroptical properties in colloidal plasmonic systems, the self-assembly of achiral nanoparticles into optically active materials offers a versatile route to control the structure-optical activity relationships of nanostructures, while simplifying the engineering of their chiral geometries. Such unconventional materials include helical structures with a precisely defined morphology, as well as large scale, deformable substrates that can leverage the potential of periodic patterns. Some promising templates with helical structural motifs like liquid crystal phases or confined block co-polymers still need efficient strategies to direct preferential handedness, whereas other templates such as silica nanohelices can be grown in an enantiomeric form. Both types of chiral structures are reviewed herein as platforms for chiral sensing: patterned substrates can readily incorporate analytes, while helical assemblies can form around structures of interest, like amyloid protein aggregates. Looking ahead, current knowledge and precedents point toward the incorporation of semiconductor emitters into plasmonic systems with chiral effects, which can lead to plasmonic-excitonic effects and the generation of circularly polarized photoluminescence.
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- David Vila-Liarte
- CIC biomaGUNE, Basque Research and Technology Alliance (BRTA) Paseo de Miramon 194 20014 Donostia San Sebastián Spain
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red, Biomateriales, Bioingeniería y Nanomedicina (CIBER-BBN) Spain
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Materials Science, Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan Ann Arbor USA
- Biointerfaces Institute, University of Michigan Ann Arbor USA
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- CIC biomaGUNE, Basque Research and Technology Alliance (BRTA) Paseo de Miramon 194 20014 Donostia San Sebastián Spain
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red, Biomateriales, Bioingeniería y Nanomedicina (CIBER-BBN) Spain
- Ikerbasque, Basque Foundation for Science 48013 Bilbao Spain
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Gong Y, Cao Z, Zhang Z, Liu R, Zhang F, Wei J, Yang Z. Chirality Inversion in Self‐Assembled Nanocomposites Directed by Curvature‐Mediated Interactions. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202117406] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Yanjun Gong
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Key Laboratory of Colloid and Interface Chemistry of MOE Shandong University Jinan 250100 P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Key Laboratory of Colloid and Interface Chemistry of MOE Shandong University Jinan 250100 P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Key Laboratory of Colloid and Interface Chemistry of MOE Shandong University Jinan 250100 P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Key Laboratory of Colloid and Interface Chemistry of MOE Shandong University Jinan 250100 P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Key Laboratory of Colloid and Interface Chemistry of MOE Shandong University Jinan 250100 P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Key Laboratory of Colloid and Interface Chemistry of MOE Shandong University Jinan 250100 P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Key Laboratory of Colloid and Interface Chemistry of MOE Shandong University Jinan 250100 P. R. China
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Controlled assembly of inorganic nanoparticles with different compositions, sizes and shapes into higher-order structures of collective functionalities is a central pursued objective in chemistry, physics, materials science and nanotechnology. The emerging chiral superstructures, which break spatial symmetries at the nanoscale, have attracted particular attention, owing to their unique chiroptical properties and potential applications in optics, catalysis, biology and so on. Various bottom-up strategies have been developed to build inorganic chiral superstructures based on the intrinsic configurational preference of the building blocks, external fields or chiral templates. Self-assembled inorganic chiral superstructures have demonstrated significant superior optical activity from the strong electric/magnetic coupling between the building blocks, as compared with the organic counterparts. In this Review, we discuss recent progress in preparing self-assembled inorganic chiral superstructures, with an emphasis on the driving forces that enable symmetry breaking during the assembly process. The chiroptical properties and applications are highlighted and a forward-looking trajectory of where research efforts should be focused is discussed.
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Perera T, Mallawaarachchi S, Premaratne M. Chiral Plasmonic Ellipsoids: An Extended Mie-Gans Model. J Phys Chem Lett 2021; 12:11214-11219. [PMID: 34761942 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.1c03144] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Mie-Gans theory optically characterizes ellipsoidal and by extension generally elongated nonchiral metal nanoparticles (MNPs) and is ubiquitous in verifying experimental results and predicting particle behavior. Recently, elongated chiral MNPs have garnered enthusiasm, but a theory to characterize their chiroptical behavior is lacking in the literature. In this Letter, we present an ab initio model for chiral ellipsoidal MNPs to address this shortcoming and demonstrate that it reduces to the general Mie-Gans model under nonchiral conditions, produces results that concur with state-of-the-art numerical simulations, and can accurately replicate recent experimental measurements. Furthermore, to gain physical insights, we analyze factors such as background medium permittivity and particle size that drive the chiroptical activity using two types of plasmonic chiral MNPs. We also demonstrate the utility of our model in metamaterial design. Generic features of our model can be extended to characterize similar elongated chiral MNPs, fueling many other variants of the current model.
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- Tharaka Perera
- Advanced Computing and Simulation Laboratory (AχL), Department of Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria 3800, Australia
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- Advanced Computing and Simulation Laboratory (AχL), Department of Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria 3800, Australia
- Melbourne Integrative Genomics, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3010, Australia
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- Advanced Computing and Simulation Laboratory (AχL), Department of Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria 3800, Australia
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Warning LA, Miandashti AR, McCarthy LA, Zhang Q, Landes CF, Link S. Nanophotonic Approaches for Chirality Sensing. ACS NANO 2021; 15:15538-15566. [PMID: 34609836 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.1c04992] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 25.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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Chiral nanophotonic materials are promising candidates for biosensing applications because they focus light into nanometer dimensions, increasing their sensitivity to the molecular signatures of their surroundings. Recent advances in nanomaterial-enhanced chirality sensing provide detection limits as low as attomolar concentrations (10-18 M) for biomolecules and are relevant to the pharmaceutical industry, forensic drug testing, and medical applications that require high sensitivity. Here, we review the development of chiral nanomaterials and their application for detecting biomolecules, supramolecular structures, and other environmental stimuli. We discuss superchiral near-field generation in both dielectric and plasmonic metamaterials that are composed of chiral or achiral nanostructure arrays. These materials are also applicable for enhancing chiroptical signals from biomolecules. We review the plasmon-coupled circular dichroism mechanism observed for plasmonic nanoparticles and discuss how hotspot-enhanced plasmon-coupled circular dichroism applies to biosensing. We then review single-particle spectroscopic methods for achieving the ultimate goal of single-molecule chirality sensing. Finally, we discuss future outlooks of nanophotonic chiral systems.
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- College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China
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Visheratina A, Kumar P, Kotov N. Engineering of inorganic nanostructures with hierarchy of chiral geometries at multiple scales. AIChE J 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/aic.17438] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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- Biointerfaces Institute University of Michigan Ann Arbor Michigan USA
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- Biointerfaces Institute University of Michigan Ann Arbor Michigan USA
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Wei W, Chen S, Ji CY, Qiao S, Guo H, Feng S, Li J. Ultra-sensitive amplitude engineering and sign reversal of circular dichroism in quasi-3D chiral nanostructures. OPTICS EXPRESS 2021; 29:33572-33581. [PMID: 34809167 DOI: 10.1364/oe.441464] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2021] [Accepted: 09/23/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Circular dichroism (CD), as one of the most representative chiroptical effects, provides a simple strategy for the detection and characterization of the molecular chirality. The enhancement and sign reversal of CD are of great importance for its practical applications in chiral bio-sensing, chirality switching and optical filtering, etc. Here, we realize considerable adjustments and the sign reversal of CD in quasi-three-dimensional (quasi-3D) combined Archimedean spiral nanostructures. With special local and lattice configurations, the nanostructures have both right-handed and left-handed geometric chirality, which are designed based on the proximity effect of stencil lithography. We find that the CD response of the nanostructures becomes obvious once its height exceeds 200 nm and can be adjusted by the further increase of the height or the change of the blade spacing of the nanostructures. The CD reversal is achieved by utilizing the competition of two chiral centers when the height or blade spacing exceeds a critical value. Further analysis of the scattering power of multipole moments reveals that the CD modulation is determined by both magnetic dipole moment and electric quadrupole moment. Benefiting from the highly sensitive CD response to the height, the extreme sign reversal of CD is achieved when a sub-10-nm ultrathin medium layer is anchored on the surface of the nanostructures, which provides a promising strategy for ultra-sensitive chiral bio-sensing.
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Rosales SA, Albella P, González F, Gutiérrez Y, Moreno F. CDDA: extension and analysis of the discrete dipole approximation for chiral systems. OPTICS EXPRESS 2021; 29:30020-30034. [PMID: 34614734 DOI: 10.1364/oe.434061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2021] [Accepted: 08/02/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Discrete dipole approximation (DDA) is a computational method broadly used to solve light scattering problems. In this work, we propose an extension of DDA that we call Chiral-DDA (CDDA), to study light-chiral matter interactions with the capability of describing the underlying physics behind. Here, CDDA is used to solve and analyze the interaction of a nanoantenna (either metallic or dielectric) with a chiral molecule located in its near field at different positions. Our method allowed to relate near field interactions with far field spectral response of the system, elucidating the role that the nanoantenna electric and magnetic polarizabilities play in the coupling with a chiral molecule. In general, this is not straightforward with other methods. We believe that CDDA has the potential to help researchers revealing some of the still unclear mechanisms responsible for the chiral signal enhancements induced by nanoantennas.
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Dong J, Zhou Y, Pan J, Zhou C, Wang Q. Assembling gold nanobipyramids into chiral plasmonic nanostructures with DNA origami. Chem Commun (Camb) 2021; 57:6201-6204. [PMID: 34059870 DOI: 10.1039/d1cc01925b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Herein, we report the assembly of gold nanobipyramids (AuNBPs) into static and dynamic chiral plasmonic nanostructures via DNA origami. Compared with conventional chiral dimers of gold nanorods (AuNRs), AuNBP dimers exhibit more intriguing chiroptical responses, suggesting that they could be a superior alternative for constructing chiral plasmonic nanostructures for biosensing.
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- Jinyi Dong
- CAS Key Laboratory of Nano-Bio Interface, Division of Nanobiomedicine and i-Lab, Suzhou Institute of Nano-Tech and Nano-Bionics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Suzhou 215123, People's Republic of China. and School of Physical Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai 201210, People's Republic of China and Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201210, People's Republic of China and University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, People's Republic of China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Nano-Bio Interface, Division of Nanobiomedicine and i-Lab, Suzhou Institute of Nano-Tech and Nano-Bionics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Suzhou 215123, People's Republic of China. and School of Nano-Tech and Nano-Bionics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, People's Republic of China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Nano-Bio Interface, Division of Nanobiomedicine and i-Lab, Suzhou Institute of Nano-Tech and Nano-Bionics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Suzhou 215123, People's Republic of China. and School of Nano-Tech and Nano-Bionics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, People's Republic of China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Nano-Bio Interface, Division of Nanobiomedicine and i-Lab, Suzhou Institute of Nano-Tech and Nano-Bionics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Suzhou 215123, People's Republic of China. and School of Nano-Tech and Nano-Bionics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, People's Republic of China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Nano-Bio Interface, Division of Nanobiomedicine and i-Lab, Suzhou Institute of Nano-Tech and Nano-Bionics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Suzhou 215123, People's Republic of China. and School of Physical Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai 201210, People's Republic of China and School of Nano-Tech and Nano-Bionics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, People's Republic of China
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Ziv A, Shoseyov O, Karadan P, Bloom BP, Goldring S, Metzger T, Yochelis S, Waldeck DH, Yerushalmi R, Paltiel Y. Chirality Nanosensor with Direct Electric Readout by Coupling of Nanofloret Localized Plasmons with Electronic Transport. NANO LETTERS 2021; 21:6496-6503. [PMID: 34297582 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.1c01539] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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The detection of enantiopurity for small sample quantities is crucial, particularly in the pharmaceutical industry; however, existing methodologies rely on specific chiral recognition elements, or complex optical systems, limiting its utility. A nanoscale chirality sensor, for continuously monitoring molecular chirality using an electric circuit readout, is presented. This device design represents an alternative real-time scalable approach for chiral recognition of small quantity samples (less than 103 adsorbed molecules). The active device component relies on a gold nanofloret hybrid structure, i.e., a high aspect ratio semiconductor-metal hybrid nanosystem in which a SiGe nanowire tip is selectively decorated with a gold metallic cap. The tip mechanically touches a counter electrode to generate a nanojunction, and upon exposure to molecules, a metal-molecule-metal junction is formed. Adsorption of chiral molecules at the gold tip induces chirality in the localized plasmonic resonance at the electrode-tip junction and manifests in an enantiospecific current response.
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- Amir Ziv
- Department of Applied Physics, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem 9190401, Israel
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- Department of Applied Physics, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem 9190401, Israel
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- Institute of Chemistry, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem 9290401, Israel
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- Chemistry Department, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260, United States
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- Department of Applied Physics, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem 9190401, Israel
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- Department of Applied Physics, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem 9190401, Israel
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- Department of Applied Physics, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem 9190401, Israel
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- Chemistry Department, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260, United States
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- Institute of Chemistry, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem 9290401, Israel
- Institute of Chemistry and the Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Edmond J. Safra Campus, Givat Ram Jerusalem, 9190401 Israel
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- Department of Applied Physics, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem 9190401, Israel
- Institute of Chemistry and the Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Edmond J. Safra Campus, Givat Ram Jerusalem, 9190401 Israel
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Wang W, Wu F, Zhang Y, Wei W, Niu W, Xu G. Boosting chiral amplification in plasmon-coupled circular dichroism using discrete silver nanorods as amplifiers. Chem Commun (Camb) 2021; 57:7390-7393. [PMID: 34223840 DOI: 10.1039/d1cc01891d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Remarkable chiral amplification in plasmon-coupled circular dichroism spectroscopy (CD) is demonstrated by using discrete Ag nanorods as amplifiers. An unprecedented CD enhancement factor of over 3000 times is achieved without resonant or near-resonant exciton-plasmon couplings.
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- Wenhe Wang
- State Key Laboratory of Electroanalytical Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130022, P. R. China. and University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Electroanalytical Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130022, P. R. China. and University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Electroanalytical Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130022, P. R. China. and University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Electroanalytical Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130022, P. R. China. and University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Electroanalytical Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130022, P. R. China. and University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Electroanalytical Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130022, P. R. China. and University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, P. R. China
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Suchitta A, Suri P, Xie Z, Xu X, Ghosh A. Chiro-optical response of a wafer scale metamaterial with ellipsoidal metal nanoparticles. NANOTECHNOLOGY 2021; 32:315705. [PMID: 33857929 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6528/abf877] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2021] [Accepted: 04/15/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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We report a large chiro-optical response from a nanostructured film of aperiodic dielectric helices decorated with ellipsoidal metal nanoparticles. The influence of the inherent fabrication variation on the chiro-optical response of the wafer-scalable nanostructured film is investigated using a computational model which closely mimics the material system. From the computational approach, we found that the chiro-optical signal is strongly dependent on the ellipticities of the metal nanoparticles and the developed computational model can account for all the variations caused by the fabrication process. We report the experimentally realized dissymmetry factor ∼1.6, which is the largest reported for wafer scalable chiro-plasmonic samples till now. The calculations incorporate strong multipolar contributions of the plasmonic interactions to the chiro-optical response from the tightly confined ellipsoidal nanoparticles, improving upon the previous studies carried in the coupled dipole approximation regime. Our analyzes confirm the large chiro-optical response in these films developed by a scalable and simple fabrication technique, indicating their applicability pertaining to manipulation of optical polarization, enantiomer selective identification and enhanced sensing and detection of chiral molecules.
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- Aakansha Suchitta
- Department of Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute Technology Delhi, Hauz Khas, New Delhi 110016, India
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- Centre for Nano Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India
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- Centre for Nano Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India
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- School of Mechanical Engineering and Birck Nanotechnology Center, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, United States of America
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- Centre for Nano Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India
- Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India
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Liu Y, Wu Z, Kollipara PS, Montellano R, Sharma K, Zheng Y. Label-Free Ultrasensitive Detection of Abnormal Chiral Metabolites in Diabetes. ACS NANO 2021; 15:6448-6456. [PMID: 33760602 PMCID: PMC8085063 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.0c08822] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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Homochirality is necessary for normal biochemical processes in humans. Abnormal amounts of chiral molecules in biofluids have been found in patients with diabetes. However, the detailed analysis of diabetes-related abnormal chirality in biofluids and its potential use for clinical applications have been hindered by the difficulty in detecting and monitoring the chiral changes in biofluids, due to their low molar mass and trace concentrations. Herein, we demonstrate the label-free detection of chiral molecules using only 10 μL with 107-fold enhancement in sensitivity compared with traditional plasmonic chiral metamaterials. The ultrahigh sensitivity and low sample consumption were enabled by microbubble-induced rapid accumulation of biomolecules on plasmonic chiral sensors. We have applied our technique on mouse and human urine samples, uncovering the previously undetectable diabetes-induced abnormal dextrorotatory shift in chirality of urine metabolites. Furthermore, the accumulation-assisted plasmonic chiral sensing achieved a diagnostic accuracy of 84% on clinical urine samples from human patients. With the ultrahigh sensitivity, ultralow sample consumption, and fast response, our technique will benefit diabetes research and could be developed as point-of-care devices for first-line noninvasive screening and prognosis of prediabetes or diabetes and its complications.
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- Yaoran Liu
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, United States
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- Walker Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, United States
- Materials Science & Engineering Program and Texas Materials Institute, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, United States
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- Walker Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, United States
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- Center for Renal Precision Medicine, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas 78249, United States
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- Center for Renal Precision Medicine, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas 78249, United States
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, United States
- Walker Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, United States
- Materials Science & Engineering Program and Texas Materials Institute, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, United States
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, United States
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Long- and short-ranged chiral interactions in DNA-assembled plasmonic chains. Nat Commun 2021; 12:2025. [PMID: 33795690 PMCID: PMC8016906 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-22289-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2020] [Accepted: 03/04/2021] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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Circular dichroism (CD) has long been used to trace chiral molecular states and changes of protein configurations. In recent years, chiral plasmonic nanostructures have shown potential for applications ranging from pathogen sensing to novel optical materials. The plasmonic coupling of the individual elements of such metallic structures is a crucial prerequisite to obtain sizeable CD signals. We here identify and implement various coupling entities-chiral and achiral-to demonstrate chiral transfer over distances close to 100 nm. The coupling is realized by an achiral nanosphere situated between a pair of gold nanorods that are arranged far apart but in a chiral fashion using DNA origami. The transmitter particle causes a strong enhancement of the CD response, the emergence of an additional chiral feature at the resonance frequency of the nanosphere, and a redshift of the longitudinal plasmonic resonance frequency of the nanorods. Matching numerical simulations elucidate the intricate chiral optical fields in complex architectures.
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Ali R, Dutra RS, Pinheiro FA, Maia Neto PA. Enantioselection and chiral sorting of single microspheres using optical pulling forces. OPTICS LETTERS 2021; 46:1640-1643. [PMID: 33793506 DOI: 10.1364/ol.419150] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2021] [Accepted: 03/05/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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We put forward a novel, twofold scheme that enables, at the same time, all-optical enantioselection and sorting of single multipolar chiral microspheres based on optical pulling forces exerted by two non-collinear, non-structured, circularly polarized light sources. Our chiral resolution method can be externally controlled by varying the angle between their incident wavevectors, allowing for fine-tuning of the range of chiral indices for enantioselection. Enantioselectivity is achieved by choosing angles such that only particles with the same handedness of the light sources are pulled. This proposal allows one to achieve all-optical sorting of chiral microspheres with arbitrarily small chiral parameters, thus outperforming current optical methods.
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Dass M, Gür FN, Kołątaj K, Urban MJ, Liedl T. DNA Origami-Enabled Plasmonic Sensing. THE JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY. C, NANOMATERIALS AND INTERFACES 2021; 125:5969-5981. [PMID: 33828635 PMCID: PMC8016175 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.0c11238] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2020] [Revised: 01/31/2021] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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The reliable programmability of DNA origami makes it an extremely attractive tool for bottom-up self-assembly of complex nanostructures. Utilizing this property for the tuned arrangement of plasmonic nanoparticles holds great promise particularly in the field of biosensing. Plasmonic particles are beneficial for sensing in multiple ways, from enhancing fluorescence to enabling a visualization of the nanoscale dynamic actuation via chiral rearrangements. In this Perspective, we discuss the recent developments and possible future directions of DNA origami-enabled plasmonic sensing systems. We start by discussing recent advancements in the area of fluorescence-based plasmonic sensing using DNA origami. We then move on to surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy sensors followed by chiral sensing, both utilizing DNA origami nanostructures. We conclude by providing our own views on the future prospects for plasmonic biosensors enabled using DNA origami.
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- Mihir Dass
- Faculty of Physics and Center for NanoScience, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Geschwister-Scholl-Platz 1, 80539 Munich, Germany
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- Faculty of Physics and Center for NanoScience, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Geschwister-Scholl-Platz 1, 80539 Munich, Germany
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- Faculty of Physics and Center for NanoScience, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Geschwister-Scholl-Platz 1, 80539 Munich, Germany
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- Faculty of Physics and Center for NanoScience, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Geschwister-Scholl-Platz 1, 80539 Munich, Germany
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- Faculty of Physics and Center for NanoScience, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Geschwister-Scholl-Platz 1, 80539 Munich, Germany
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Wen Y, He MQ, Yu YL, Wang JH. Biomolecule-mediated chiral nanostructures: a review of chiral mechanism and application. Adv Colloid Interface Sci 2021; 289:102376. [PMID: 33561566 DOI: 10.1016/j.cis.2021.102376] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2020] [Revised: 01/18/2021] [Accepted: 01/27/2021] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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The chirality of biomolecules is vital importance in biosensing and biomedicine. However, most biomolecules only have a chiral response in the ultraviolet region, and the corresponding chiral signal is weak. In recent years, inorganic nanomaterials can adjust chiral light signals to the visible and near-infrared regions and enhance optical signals due to their high polarizability and adjustable morphology-dependent optical properties. Nonetheless, inorganic nanomaterials usually lack specificity to identify targets, and have strong toxicity when applied in organisms. The combination of chiral biomolecules and inorganic nanomaterials offers a way to solve these problems. Because chiral biomolecules, such as DNA, amino acids, and peptides, have programmability, specific recognition, excellent biocompatibility, and strong binding force to inorganic nanomaterials. Biomolecule-mediated chiral nanostructures show specific recognition of targets, extremely low biological toxicity and adjustable optical activity by regulating, assembling and inducing inorganic nanomaterials. Therefore, biomolecule-mediated chiral nanostructures have received widespread attention, including chiral biosensing, enantiomers recognition and separation, biological diagnosis and treatment, chiral catalysis, and circular polarization of chiral metamaterials. This review mainly introduces the three chiral mechanisms of biomolecule-mediated chiral nanostructures, lists some important applications at present, and discusses the development prospects of biomolecule-mediated chiral nanostructures.
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Stauber T, Low T, Gómez-Santos G. Plasmon-Enhanced Near-Field Chirality in Twisted van der Waals Heterostructures. NANO LETTERS 2020; 20:8711-8718. [PMID: 33237775 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.0c03519] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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It is shown that chiral plasmons, characterized by a longitudinal magnetic moment accompanying the longitudinal charge plasmon, lead to electromagnetic near-fields that are also chiral. For twisted bilayer graphene, we estimate that the near-field chirality of screened plasmons can be several orders of magnitude larger than that of the related circularly polarized light. The chirality also manifests itself in a deflection angle that is formed between the direction of the plasmon propagation and its Poynting vector. Twisted van der Waals heterostructures might thus provide a novel platform to promote enantiomer-selective physio-chemical processes in chiral molecules without the application of a magnetic field or external nanopatterning that break time-reversal, mirror plane, or inversion symmetry, respectively.
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- Tobias Stauber
- Departamento de Teoría y Simulación de Materiales, Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Madrid, CSIC, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, United States
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- Departamento de Física de la Materia Condensada, INC and IFIMAC, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, E-28049 Madrid, Spain
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Huang JH, Wang ZY, Zang SQ, Mak TCW. Spontaneous Resolution of Chiral Multi-Thiolate-Protected Ag 30 Nanoclusters. ACS CENTRAL SCIENCE 2020; 6:1971-1976. [PMID: 33274274 PMCID: PMC7706080 DOI: 10.1021/acscentsci.0c01045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2020] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Despite significant progress achieved in the preparation of chiral nanoparticles, the enantioseparation of racemates still presents a big challenge in nanomaterial research. Herein, we report the synthesis and structural characterization of racemic anisotropic nanocluster Ag30(C2B10H9S3)8Dppm6 (Ag 30 -rac), which is protected by mixed carboranetrithiolate and phosphine ligands. Spontaneous self-resolution of the racemates was realized through conglomerate crystallization in dimethylacetamide (DMAc). The homochiral nanoclusters in the racemic conglomerates adopt enantiomeric helical self-assemblies (R/L-Ag 30 ). Diverse noncovalent interactions as the driving force in directing superstructure packing were elucidated in detail. Furthermore, the nanoclusters show red luminescence in both solid and solution states, and the racemic conglomerates display a mirror-image CPL response. This work provides atom-precise helical nanoparticle superstructures that facilitate an in-depth understanding of the helical-assembly mechanism.
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- Jia-Hong Huang
- Green
Catalysis Center, and College of Chemistry, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China
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- Green
Catalysis Center, and College of Chemistry, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China
- E-mail:
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- Green
Catalysis Center, and College of Chemistry, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China
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- Department
of Chemistry, The Chinese University of
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