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SUBMITTER: Yeom J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4387888 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Nature materials 20141117 1
The high optical and chemical activity of nanoparticles (NPs) signifies the possibility of converting the spin angular momenta of photons into structural changes in matter. Here, we demonstrate that illumination of dispersions of racemic CdTe NPs with right- (left-)handed circularly polarized light (CPL) induces the formation of right- (left-)handed twisted nanoribbons with an enantiomeric excess exceeding 30%, which is ∼10 times higher than that of typical CPL-induced reactions. Linearly polari ...[more]