Nature Communications (Sep 2020)

Chiroptical spectroscopy of a freely diffusing single nanoparticle

  • Johannes Sachs,
  • Jan-Philipp Günther,
  • Andrew G. Mark,
  • Peer Fischer

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-18166-5
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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Chirality of nanostructures may be determined by ensemble measurements in solution or on single immobilized nanoparticles, with loss of detail or interference from the substrate. Here the authors demonstrate that circular differential scattering intensity spectra of freely diffusing single nanoparticles provide chiroptical spectra which reflect their intrinsic chirality.