Transmitting biomolecular chirality into carbon nanodots: a facile approach to acquire chiral light emission at the nanoscale.

ABSTRACT: Since the observation of chirality at the nanoscale, research focused towards the design and synthesis of optically active nanomaterials has been at a brisk pace. In this regard, carbon based zero dimensional nanomaterials have attracted vast attention due to their rich optical properties, abundance of raw materials, minimal environmental hazardousness, good solubility, and ease of surface modification. However, efforts focused towards the synthesis of chiral carbon nanodots exhibiting optical activity both in their ground and excited states are rather scarce. Herein, we report a facile synthetic approach for the preparation of three sets of intrinsically chiral carbon nanodots that exhibit intense circularly polarized luminescence. Synthesis under optimized conditions using l- and d-isome

SUBMITTER: Maniappan S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9847681 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature