A light-driven three-dimensional plasmonic nanosystem that translates molecular motion into reversible chiroptical function

Abstract

Controlled operation of individual molecular machines on a larger scale, 10-100 nm, remains challenging. Here, Kuzyk et al.demonstrate a light-driven plasmonic nanosystem that can amplify the molecular motion of azobenzene through a host nanostructure and translates it into reversible chiroptical response.