Chirality is a basic characteristic of living matter and nature. During the evolution of life on
our planet, nature has favored one kind of chirality, thereby selecting the l-amino acids (with …

Throughout the 19th and 20th century, chirality has mostly been associated with chemistry.
However, while chirality can be very useful for understanding molecules, molecules are not …

DNA metallization has witnessed tremendous growth and development, from the initial
simple synthesis aimed at manufacturing conductive metal nanowires to the current …

Semiconducting half and, to a lesser extent, full Heusler compounds are promising
thermoelectric materials due to their compelling electronic properties with large power …

This article presents a comprehensive review about the current research activities on
colloidal lithography, a highly efficient technology for fabricating large-area patterned …

Chiral plasmonics is a fascinating research field that is attractive to scientists from diverse
backgrounds. Physicists study light–matter interactions, chemists seek ways to analyze …

Chiral molecules with opposite handedness exhibit distinct physical, chemical, or biological
properties. They pose challenges as well as opportunities in understanding the phase …

Chirality, the property that an object cannot coincide with its mirror image arising from lack of
mirror symmetry, is ubiquitous in nature at various length scales. The physical and chemical …

Noble metal nanostructures are known to confine photon energies to their dimensions with
resonant oscillations of their conduction electrons, leading to the ultrahigh enhancement of …

Plasmonic chiral metamaterials are promising for applications in chiral sensors and photonic
devices due to their strong optical chirality and light–matter interactions at the …