Chiral Nanomaterials

AN INTRODUCTION TO CHIRAL NANOMATERIALSHistorical Introduction to Chiral MaterialsBrief Overview of Chirality at the NanoscaleDevelopment of Chiral NanomaterialsConclusionTHEORY AND MECHANISMIntroductionChiral Molecules and Semiconductor Nanocrystal SystemsChiral Molecules and Metal Nanoparticle SystemsChiral AssembliesOPTICALLY ACTIVE METAL NANOPARTICLESIntroductionPreparation of Chiral Metal NanoparticlesOptical Activity of Metal NanoparticlesSelf-Assembly of Chiral Metal NanoparticlesCHIRAL SEMICONDUCTOR NANOCRYSTALSIntroductionChiral Quantum Dots Preparation and SynthesisOptical Activity of Chiral Semiconductor NanocrystalsMagnetic Circular Dichroism of Chiral Quantum DotsCHIRAL NANOCLUSTERSIntroductionClassification of Chiral NanoclustersSynthesis of Chiral ClustersChirality and Separation of Gold ClustersCHIRAL MESOPOROUS SILICA MATERIALSIntroductionSynthesis and Formation MechanismsSynthetic ControlsSupramolecular Chiral ImprintingDNA-BASED CHIRAL NANOSTRUCTURESIntroductionOriginal Chirality of DNADNA Fabricated Plasmonic NanostructuresDesigned Nanostructures by Origami TechnologyFABRICATED PLASMONIC NANOMATERIALSIntroductionTheoretical Basics of Dipole-Dipole CouplingCoupling of Split-Ring ResonatorsThree-Dimensional Chiral NanomaterialsAPPLICATIONS IN CATALYSISIntroductionCatalytic Properties of Chiral Metal NanoparticlesReaction MechanismsPerspectivesAPPLICATIONS IN BIOMEDICINEIntroductionBiodetection through Chiral NanoparticlesFrom Fabricated Plasmonic Nanomaterials to BiosensorsBio-Security of Chiral Quantum Dots

Prof. Zhiyong Tang obtained his PhD degree in 1999 from the Chinese Academy of Sciences. After this, he went to the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich, Switzerland, and to the University of Michigan, USA, for his postdoctoral research. In November of 2006, he joined the National Center for Nanoscience and Technology (NCNST) in China and took up a full professor position. His current research interests focus on fabrication and application of chiral inorganic nanoparticles as well as nanoparticle superstructures.