From small molecules to entire organisms, evolution has refined biological structures at the
nanoscale, microscale and macroscale to be chiral—that is, mirror dissymmetric. Chirality …

The field of chiral inorganic nanostructures is rapidly expanding. It started from the
observation of strong circular dichroism during the synthesis of individual nanoparticles …

In this Review, the theory and applications of optical micro‐and nano‐resonators are
presented from the underlying concept of their natural resonances, the so‐called quasi …

Hybrid functional materials, constituting both inorganic and organic components, are
considered potential platforms for applications in extremely diverse fields such as optics …

The specificity and simplicity of the Watson–Crick base pair interactions make DNA one of
the most versatile construction materials for creating nanoscale structures and devices …

Research on hybrid inorganic‐organic materials has experienced an explosive growth since
the 1980s, with the expansion of soft inorganic chemistry based processes. Indeed, mild …

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

Self-assembly of plasmonic nanoparticles offers a labour-and cost-efficient strategy for the
expansion of the library of plasmonic nanostructures with highly tunable, coupled optical …

Conspectus The vast majority of the outstanding applications of metal nanoparticles (NPs)
developed during the last two decades have arisen from their unique optical properties …

Gold, one of the noble metals, has played a significant role in human society throughout
history. Gold's excellent electrical, optical and chemical properties make the element …