Chiroptical properties in thin films of π-conjugated systems

G Albano, G Pescitelli, L Di Bari - Chemical reviews, 2020 - ACS Publications
Chiral π-conjugated molecules provide new materials with outstanding features for current
and perspective applications, especially in the field of optoelectronic devices. In thin films …

Multidimensional nanoscopic chiroptics

Y Chen, W Du, Q Zhang, O Ávalos-Ovando… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
Nanoscopic chiroptics studies the spin-dependent asymmetric light–matter interactions at
the nanoscale, where the asymmetry can stem from the intrinsic properties of materials …

Present and future of surface-enhanced Raman scattering

J Langer, D Jimenez de Aberasturi, J Aizpurua… - ACS …, 2019 - ACS Publications
The discovery of the enhancement of Raman scattering by molecules adsorbed on
nanostructured metal surfaces is a landmark in the history of spectroscopic and analytical …

Chirality and chiroptical effects in metal nanostructures: fundamentals and current trends

JT Collins, C Kuppe, DC Hooper… - Advanced Optical …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
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 …

Advances on broadband and resonant chiral metasurfaces

QM Deng, X Li, MX Hu, FJ Li, X Li, ZL Deng - npj Nanophotonics, 2024 - nature.com
Chirality describes mirror symmetry breaking in geometric structures or certain physical
quantities. The interaction between chiral structure and chiral light provides a rich collection …

Chiral bioinspired plasmonics: a paradigm shift for optical activity and photochemistry

O Ávalos-Ovando, EY Santiago, A Movsesyan… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
This Perspective concerns the latest developments in the field of chiral nanocrystals (NCs)
and metastructures, focusing primarily on plasmonic nanostructures. Such nanomaterials …

Spatially resolved chiroptical spectroscopies emphasizing recent applications to thin films of chiral organic dyes

G Albano, A Taddeucci, G Pescitelli… - Chemistry–A European …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Instrumental techniques able to identify and structurally characterize the aggregation states
in thin films of chiral organic π‐conjugated materials, from the first‐order supramolecular …

Chiral surface plasmon-enhanced chiral spectroscopy: principles and applications

X Mu, L Hu, Y Cheng, Y Fang, M Sun - Nanoscale, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
In this review, the development context and scientific research results of chiral surface
plasmons (SPs) in recent years are classified and described in detail. First, the principle of …

Engineering strongly chiral plasmonic lattices with achiral unit cells for sensing and photodetection

A Movsesyan, LV Besteiro, XT Kong… - Advanced Optical …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Although the concept of chirality has its origin in chemistry, the field of photonics is actively
exploring and utilizing it. A new family of 2D chiral lattices constructed from fully achiral unit …

Hot electrons generated in chiral plasmonic nanocrystals as a mechanism for surface photochemistry and chiral growth

LK Khorashad, LV Besteiro… - Journal of the …, 2020 - ACS Publications
The realization of chiral photochemical reactions at the molecular level has proven to be a
challenging task, with invariably low efficiencies originating from very small optical circular …