Chiral nanomaterials : preparation, properties and applications / edited by Zhiyong Tang.

An Introduction to Chiral Nanomaterials: Origin, Construction, and Optical Application / Zhengtao Li, Lin Shi, Zhiyong Tang -- Chirality at Nanoscale -- Theory and Mechanism / Wei Zhang -- Plasmonic Chiral Materials / Chengyi Song, Chen Zhang, Peng Tao -- Optically Active and Chiral Semiconductor Nanocrystals / Assaf Ben Moshe, Gil Markovich -- Chirality in Gold Nanoclusters / Chenjie Zeng, Zhikun Wu, Rongchao Jin -- Chiral Mesoporous Silica Materials / Yuanyuan Cao, Shunai Che -- DNA-Based Chiral Nanostructures / Hua Kuang, Chuanlai Xu -- Applications in Catalysis / Tomohiro Yasukawa, Hiroyuki Miyamura, Shū Kobayashi -- Applications in Polymer Science / Yi Li, Baozong Li, Yonggang Yang.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed November 15, 2017).

Thorough and up-to-date, this book presents recent developments in this exciting research field. To begin with, the text covers the fabrication of chiral nanomaterials via various synthesis methods, including electron beam lithography, ion beam etching, chemical synthesis and biological DNA directed assembly. This is followed by the relevant theory and reaction mechanisms, with a discussion of the characterization of chiral nanomaterials according to the optical properties of metal nanoparticles, semiconductor nanocrystals, and nanoclusters.