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Liu Y, Gao X, Zhao B, Deng J. Circularly polarized luminescence in quantum dot-based materials. NANOSCALE 2024; 16:6853-6875. [PMID: 38504609 DOI: 10.1039/d4nr00644e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/21/2024]
Abstract
Quantum dots (QDs) have emerged as fantastic luminescent nanomaterials with significant potential due to their unique photoluminescence properties. With the rapid development of circularly polarized luminescence (CPL) materials, many researchers have associated QDs with the CPL property, resulting in numerous novel CPL-active QD-containing materials in recent years. The present work reviews the latest advances in CPL-active QD-based materials, which are classified based on the types of QDs, including perovskite QDs, carbon dots, and colloidal semiconductor QDs. The applications of CPL-active QD-based materials in biological, optoelectronic, and anti-counterfeiting fields are also discussed. Additionally, the current challenges and future perspectives in this field are summarized. This review article is expected to stimulate more unprecedented achievements based on CPL-active QD-based materials, thus further promoting their future practical applications.
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Affiliation(s)
- Yanze Liu
- Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering and College of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering and College of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering and College of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering and College of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, China.
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Zhou Y, Wang Y, Song Y, Zhao S, Zhang M, Li G, Guo Q, Tong Z, Li Z, Jin S, Yao HB, Zhu M, Zhuang T. Helical-caging enables single-emitted large asymmetric full-color circularly polarized luminescence. Nat Commun 2024; 15:251. [PMID: 38177173 PMCID: PMC10767107 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-44643-8] [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: 04/24/2023] [Accepted: 12/27/2023] [Indexed: 01/06/2024] Open
Abstract
Colorful circularly polarized luminescence materials are desired for 3D displays, information security and asymmetric synthesis, in which single-emitted materials are ideal owing to self-absorption avoidance, evenly entire-visible-spectrum-covered photon emission and facile device fabrication. However, restricted by the synthesis of chiral broad-luminescent emitters, the realization and application of high-performing single-emitted full-color circularly polarized luminescence is in its infancy. Here, we disclose a single-emitted full-color circularly polarized luminescence system (spiral full-color emission generator), composed of whole-vis-spectrum emissive quantum dots and chiral liquid crystals. The system achieves a maximum luminescence dissymmetry factor of 0.8 and remains an order of 10-1 in visible region by tuning its photonic bandgap. We then expand it to a series of desired customized-color circularly polarized luminescence, build chiral devices and further demonstrate the working scenario in the photoinduced enantioselective polymerization. This work contributes to the design and synthesis of efficient chiroptical materials, device fabrication and photoinduced asymmetric synthesis.
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- Yajie Zhou
- Department of Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026, PR China
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026, PR China
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- Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026, PR China
- Department of Applied Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026, PR China
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026, PR China
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026, PR China
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026, PR China
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026, PR China
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026, PR China
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026, PR China
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- Department of Chemistry and Centre for Atomic Engineering of Advanced Materials, Anhui University, Hefei, 230601, PR China
- Key Laboratory of Structure and Functional Regulation of Hybrid Materials of Ministry of Education, Anhui University, Hefei, 230601, PR China
- Key Laboratory of Functional Inorganic Material Chemistry of Anhui Province, Anhui University, Hefei, 230601, PR China
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- Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026, PR China
- Department of Applied Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026, PR China
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- Department of Chemistry and Centre for Atomic Engineering of Advanced Materials, Anhui University, Hefei, 230601, PR China
- Key Laboratory of Structure and Functional Regulation of Hybrid Materials of Ministry of Education, Anhui University, Hefei, 230601, PR China
- Key Laboratory of Functional Inorganic Material Chemistry of Anhui Province, Anhui University, Hefei, 230601, PR China
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026, PR China.
- Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026, PR China.
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Zhang M, Guo Q, Li Z, Zhou Y, Zhao S, Tong Z, Wang Y, Li G, Jin S, Zhu M, Zhuang T, Yu SH. Processable circularly polarized luminescence material enables flexible stereoscopic 3D imaging. SCIENCE ADVANCES 2023; 9:eadi9944. [PMID: 37878702 PMCID: PMC10599622 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adi9944] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2023] [Accepted: 09/25/2023] [Indexed: 10/27/2023]
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Endowing three-dimensional (3D) displays with flexibility drives innovation in the next-generation wearable and smart electronic technology. Printing circularly polarized luminescence (CPL) materials on stretchable panels gives the chance to build desired flexible stereoscopic displays: CPL provides unusual optical rotation characteristics to achieve the considerable contrast ratio and wide viewing angle. However, the lack of printable, intense circularly polarized optical materials suitable for flexible processing hinders the implementation of flexible 3D devices. Here, we report a controllable and macroscopic production of printable CPL-active photonic paints using a designed confining helical co-assembly strategy, achieving a maximum luminescence dissymmetry factor (glum) value of 1.6. We print customized graphics and meter-long luminous coatings with these paints on a range of substates such as polypropylene, cotton fabric, and polyester fabric. We then demonstrate a flexible textile 3D display panel with two printed sets of pixel arrays based on the orthogonal CPL emission, which lays an efficient framework for future intelligent displays and clothing.
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- Mingjiang Zhang
- Department of Chemistry, New Cornerstone Science Institute, Institute of Biomimetic Materials and Chemistry, Anhui Engineering Laboratory of Biomimetic Materials, Division of Nanomaterials and Chemistry, Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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- Department of Chemistry, New Cornerstone Science Institute, Institute of Biomimetic Materials and Chemistry, Anhui Engineering Laboratory of Biomimetic Materials, Division of Nanomaterials and Chemistry, Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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- Department of Chemistry, New Cornerstone Science Institute, Institute of Biomimetic Materials and Chemistry, Anhui Engineering Laboratory of Biomimetic Materials, Division of Nanomaterials and Chemistry, Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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- Department of Chemistry, New Cornerstone Science Institute, Institute of Biomimetic Materials and Chemistry, Anhui Engineering Laboratory of Biomimetic Materials, Division of Nanomaterials and Chemistry, Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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- Department of Chemistry, New Cornerstone Science Institute, Institute of Biomimetic Materials and Chemistry, Anhui Engineering Laboratory of Biomimetic Materials, Division of Nanomaterials and Chemistry, Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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- Department of Chemistry, New Cornerstone Science Institute, Institute of Biomimetic Materials and Chemistry, Anhui Engineering Laboratory of Biomimetic Materials, Division of Nanomaterials and Chemistry, Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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- Department of Chemistry, New Cornerstone Science Institute, Institute of Biomimetic Materials and Chemistry, Anhui Engineering Laboratory of Biomimetic Materials, Division of Nanomaterials and Chemistry, Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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- Department of Chemistry, New Cornerstone Science Institute, Institute of Biomimetic Materials and Chemistry, Anhui Engineering Laboratory of Biomimetic Materials, Division of Nanomaterials and Chemistry, Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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- Key Laboratory of Structure and Functional Regulation of Hybrid Materials of Ministry of Education, Department of Chemistry, and Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Chemistry for Inorganic/Organic Hybrid Functionalized Materials, Anhui University, Hefei 230601, China
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- Key Laboratory of Structure and Functional Regulation of Hybrid Materials of Ministry of Education, Department of Chemistry, and Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Chemistry for Inorganic/Organic Hybrid Functionalized Materials, Anhui University, Hefei 230601, China
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- Department of Chemistry, New Cornerstone Science Institute, Institute of Biomimetic Materials and Chemistry, Anhui Engineering Laboratory of Biomimetic Materials, Division of Nanomaterials and Chemistry, Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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- Department of Chemistry, New Cornerstone Science Institute, Institute of Biomimetic Materials and Chemistry, Anhui Engineering Laboratory of Biomimetic Materials, Division of Nanomaterials and Chemistry, Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
- Institute of Innovative Materials (I2M), Department of Materials Science and Engineering, and Department of Chemistry, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China
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Wei G, Lu M, Feng K, Ma S, Jiang Y, Jin Z. Exploring the Core Parameters of CNC-Based Chiral Nematic Structures for Enhancing the Dissymmetry Factor of Right-Handed Circularly Polarized Luminescence. ACS OMEGA 2023; 8:23191-23201. [PMID: 37396231 PMCID: PMC10308516 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.3c02969] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2023] [Accepted: 05/09/2023] [Indexed: 07/04/2023]
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The chiral nematic nanostructure formed from cellulose nanocrystal (CNC) self-assembly has shown great potential as a matrix for generating circularly polarized luminescent (CPL) light with a high dissymmetry factor. Exploring the relationship between the device composition and structure and the light dissymmetry factor is crucial to a common strategy for a strongly dissymmetric CPL light. In this study, we have compared the single-layered and double-layered CNC-based CPL devices with different luminophores, such as rhodamine 6G (R6G), methylene blue (MB), crystal violet (CV), and silicon quantum dots (Si QDs). We demonstrated that forming a double-layered structure of CNCs nanocomposites is a simple but effective pathway for enhancing the CPL dissymmetry factor for CNC-based CPL materials containing different luminophores. The |glum| values of double-layered CNC devices (dye@CNC5||CNC5) versus that of single-layered devices (dye@CNC5) are 3.25 times for Si QDs, 3.7 times for R6G, 3.1 times for MB, and 2.78 times for CV series. The different enhancement degrees of these CNC layers with a similar thickness may be due to the different pitch numbers in the chiral nematic liquid crystal layers whose photonic band gap (PBG) has been modified to match the emission wavelengths of dyes. Furthermore, the assembled CNC nanostructure has great tolerance to the addition of nanoparticles. Gold nanorods coated with the SiO2 layer (Au NR@SiO2) were added for enhancing the dissymmetry factor of MB in CNC composites (named MAS devices). When the strong longitudinal plasmonic band of the Au NR@SiO2 matched the emission wavelength of MB and the PBG of assembled CNC structures simultaneously, the increase in the glum factor and quantum yield of MAS composites was obtained. The good compatibility of the assembled CNC nanostructures makes it a universal platform for developing strong CPL light sources with a high dissymmetry factor.
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- Guodan Wei
- Key
Laboratory of Advanced Light Conversion Materials and Biophotonics,
Department of Chemistry, Renmin University
of China, 100872 Beijing, People’s Republic of China
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- Key
Laboratory of Advanced Light Conversion Materials and Biophotonics,
Department of Chemistry, Renmin University
of China, 100872 Beijing, People’s Republic of China
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- Key
Laboratory of Advanced Light Conversion Materials and Biophotonics,
Department of Chemistry, Renmin University
of China, 100872 Beijing, People’s Republic of China
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- Beijing
National Laboratory for Molecular Science (BNLMS), Key Laboratory
of Colloid, Interface and Chemical Thermodynamics, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, ZhongGuanCun North First Street 2, 100190 Beijing, People’s Republic of China
- Key
Laboratory of Nanosystem and Hierarchical Fabrication, National Center for Nano-Science and Technology, 100190 Beijing, People’s Republic of China
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- Key
Laboratory of Nanosystem and Hierarchical Fabrication, National Center for Nano-Science and Technology, 100190 Beijing, People’s Republic of China
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- Key
Laboratory of Advanced Light Conversion Materials and Biophotonics,
Department of Chemistry, Renmin University
of China, 100872 Beijing, People’s Republic of China
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Guo Q, Zhang M, Tong Z, Zhao S, Zhou Y, Wang Y, Jin S, Zhang J, Yao HB, Zhu M, Zhuang T. Multimodal-Responsive Circularly Polarized Luminescence Security Materials. J Am Chem Soc 2023; 145:4246-4253. [PMID: 36724236 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.2c13108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Nations, industries, and aspects of everyday life have undergone forgery and counterfeiting ever since the emergence of commercialization. Securing documents and products with anticounterfeit additives shows promise for authentication, allowing one to combat ever-increasing global counterfeiting. One most-used effective encryption strategy is to combine with optical-security markers on the required protection objects; however, state-of-the-art labels still suffer from imitation due to their poor complexity and easy forecasting, as a result of deterministic production. Developing advanced anticounterfeiting tags with unusual optical characters and further incorporating complex security features are desired to achieve multimodal, unbreakable authentication capacity; unfortunately, this has not yet been achieved. Here, we prepare a series of stable circularly polarized luminescence (CPL) materials, composed of toxicity-free, high-quality-emitting inorganic quantum dots (QDs) and liquid crystals, using a designed helical-coassembly strategy. This CPL system achieves a figure of merit (FM, assessing the performance of both luminescence dissymmetry and quantum yield) value of 0.39, fulfilling practical demands for anticounterfeiting applications. Based on these CPL structures, we produce a type of multimodal-responsive security materials (MRSMs) that exhibits six different stimuli-responsive modes, including light activation, polarization, temperature, voltage, pressure, and view angle. Thus, we show a proof-of-principle blockchain-like integrated anticounterfeiting system, allowing multimodal-responsive, interactive/changeable information encryption-decryption. We further encapsulate the obtained security materials into a fiber to expand our materials to work on flexible fabrics, that is, building an intelligent textile with a color-adaptable function along with environmental change.
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- Qi Guo
- Division of Nanomaterials & Chemistry, Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Department of Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei230026, China
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- Division of Nanomaterials & Chemistry, Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Department of Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei230026, China
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- Division of Nanomaterials & Chemistry, Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Department of Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei230026, China
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- Division of Nanomaterials & Chemistry, Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Department of Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei230026, China
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- Division of Nanomaterials & Chemistry, Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Department of Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei230026, China
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- Division of Nanomaterials & Chemistry, Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Department of Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei230026, China
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- Key Laboratory of Structure and Functional Regulation of Hybrid Materials, Ministry of Education, Anhui University, Hefei, Anhui230601, China
- Institutes of Physical Science and Information Technology and Key Laboratory of Chemistry for Inorganic/Organic Hybrid Functionalized Materials, Department of Chemistry and Centre for Atomic Engineering of Advanced Materials, Anhui Province, Anhui University, Hefei, Anhui230601, China
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- Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei230026, China
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei230026, China
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- Key Laboratory of Structure and Functional Regulation of Hybrid Materials, Ministry of Education, Anhui University, Hefei, Anhui230601, China
- Institutes of Physical Science and Information Technology and Key Laboratory of Chemistry for Inorganic/Organic Hybrid Functionalized Materials, Department of Chemistry and Centre for Atomic Engineering of Advanced Materials, Anhui Province, Anhui University, Hefei, Anhui230601, China
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- Division of Nanomaterials & Chemistry, Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Department of Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei230026, China
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He C, Li Y. Absolutely asymmetric synthesis driven by circularly polarized light. CHINESE CHEM LETT 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cclet.2022.108077] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Zhang X, Xu Y, Valenzuela C, Zhang X, Wang L, Feng W, Li Q. Liquid crystal-templated chiral nanomaterials: from chiral plasmonics to circularly polarized luminescence. LIGHT, SCIENCE & APPLICATIONS 2022; 11:223. [PMID: 35835737 PMCID: PMC9283403 DOI: 10.1038/s41377-022-00913-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 24.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2022] [Revised: 06/14/2022] [Accepted: 06/23/2022] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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Chiral nanomaterials with intrinsic chirality or spatial asymmetry at the nanoscale are currently in the limelight of both fundamental research and diverse important technological applications due to their unprecedented physicochemical characteristics such as intense light-matter interactions, enhanced circular dichroism, and strong circularly polarized luminescence. Herein, we provide a comprehensive overview of the state-of-the-art advances in liquid crystal-templated chiral nanomaterials. The chiroptical properties of chiral nanomaterials are touched, and their fundamental design principles and bottom-up synthesis strategies are discussed. Different chiral functional nanomaterials based on liquid-crystalline soft templates, including chiral plasmonic nanomaterials and chiral luminescent nanomaterials, are systematically introduced, and their underlying mechanisms, properties, and potential applications are emphasized. This review concludes with a perspective on the emerging applications, challenges, and future opportunities of such fascinating chiral nanomaterials. This review can not only deepen our understanding of the fundamentals of soft-matter chirality, but also shine light on the development of advanced chiral functional nanomaterials toward their versatile applications in optics, biology, catalysis, electronics, and beyond.
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- Xuan Zhang
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, 300350, Tianjin, China
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- Institute of Advanced Materials and School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southeast University, 211189, Nanjing, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, 300350, Tianjin, China
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- Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute and Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program, Kent State University, Kent, OH, 44242, USA
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, 300350, Tianjin, China.
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, 300350, Tianjin, China.
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- Institute of Advanced Materials and School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southeast University, 211189, Nanjing, China.
- Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute and Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program, Kent State University, Kent, OH, 44242, USA.
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