Yiming Yang, Lichao Sun*, Qingfeng Zhang*
Chin. J. Struct. Chem., 2025, 44(1), 100467. DOI: 10.1016/j.cjsc.2024.100467
January 1, 2025
Chiral nanoparticles; Biomolecules; Plasmonics; Chirality transfer; Enantioselectivity
ABSTRACT
Plasmonic nanocrystals with intrinsic chirality are becoming a hot research focus and offer a wide range of applications in optics, biomedicine, asymmetric catalysis, and enantioselective sensing. Making use of the enantioselective interaction of the chiral biomolecules and plasmonic nanocrystals, the biomolecules-directed synthesis endows chiral plasmonic nanocrystals with tunable optical properties and excellent biocompatibility. Recent advances in the biomolecule-directed geometric control of intrinsically chiral plasmonic nanomaterials have further provided great opportunities for their widespread applications in many emerging technological areas. The review summarizes the recent progress of biomolecule-directed synthesis and potential applications of chiral plasmonic nanocrystals and discusses their development prospects.