Emerging chirality in nanoscience ¹²33Ò³ ÒýÎÄ367ƪ
Yong Wang, Jun Xu, Yawen Wang and Hongyu Chen*
Division of Chemistry and Biological Chemistry, Nanyang Technological University,
21 Nanyang Link, 637371, Singapore. E-mail: hongyuchen@ntu.edu.sg;
Web: http://www.ntu.edu.sg/home/hongyuchen/; Fax: (+65) 67911961; Tel: (+65) 65138795
† Part of the chemistry of functional nanomaterials themed issue.
Chirality in nanoscience may offer new opportunities for applications beyond the traditional fields of chirality, such as the asymmetric catalysts in the molecular world and the chiral propellers in the macroscopic world. In the last two decades, there has been an amazing array of chiral nanostructures reported in the literature. This review aims to explore and categorize the common mechanisms underlying these systems. We start by analyzing the origin of chirality in simple systems such as the helical spring and hair vortex. Then, the chiral nanostructures in the literature were categorized according to their material composition and underlying mechanism. Special attention is paid to highlight systems with original discoveries, exceptional structural characteristics, or unique mechanisms. ÇëС»ï°éÃÇÏÂÔغó¸ø¸öºÃÆÀ£¡
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