Plasmonic photocatalysis has emerged as a prominent and growing field. It enables the
efficient use of sunlight as an abundant and renewable energy source to drive a myriad of …

Controlled assembly of inorganic nanoparticles with different compositions, sizes and
shapes into higher-order structures of collective functionalities is a central pursued objective …

Chiral nanophotonic materials are promising candidates for biosensing applications
because they focus light into nanometer dimensions, increasing their sensitivity to the …

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 …

Exploration of molecular functions and material properties based on the control of chirality
would be a scientifically elegant approach. Here, the fabrication and function of chiral …

Chiral growth and chirality transfer associated with plasmonic nanostructures have
rejuvenated the field of chirality. As the precise regioselective growth of inorganic crystals …

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 …

Determining the structural chirality of biomolecules is of vital importance in bioscience and
biomedicine. Conventional methods for characterizing molecular chirality, eg, circular …

Nanoarchitectonics is a concept envisioned to produce functional materials from nanoscale
units through fusion of nanotechnology with other scientific disciplines. For component …

Thiol-containing amino acids have been known to act as chelating ligands with three
potential coordination sites: thiol, amine, and carboxyl groups. Since early reports on the …