The Polymer Society of Korea

Abstract

The chirality of nanostructured systems has gained growing attention in catalysis, biotechnology, optoelectronics, spintronics, etc., owing to their exotic enantio-/spin-selective interactions and intriguing chiroptical features. However, large-scale fabrication of chiral inorganic nanostructures still remains a challenge. Herein, we report precision engineering and supramolecular self-assembly based nanofabrication of hybrid chiral nanostructures and exploit their unprecedented applications. We demonstrate chiro-optical, magneto-optical, catalytic energy conversion and circularized light emission properties from libraries of chiral inorganic nanostructures. Our design concept pinpoints the steps required to construct an extended library of viable chiral nanostructures, and will aid in the development of artificial chiral materials.