Title : Chirality Control in Single Gold Nanoparticle
Date/time : Tuesday, 04 May, 2021 / 5:00 p.m
Speaker : Ki Tae Nam(Seoul National University)
Abstract:
Chiral structure controlled at nanoscale provides a new route to achieve intriguing optical properties such as polarization control and negative refractive index. However, asymmetric structure control with nanometer precision is difficult to accomplish due to limited resolution and complex processes of conventional methods. Here, we demonstrated novel chiral gold nanostructures exploiting chirality transfer between peptide and high-Miller-index gold surfaces. Enantioselective adsorption of peptides results in unequal development of nanoparticle surface and this asymmetric evolution leads to highly twisted chiral element in single nanoparticle making unprecedented 432 helicoid morphology. The synthesized helicoid nanoparticle showed strong optical activity which was substantiated by distinct transmittance color change of helicoid solution under polarized light.