Nature Communications (Nov 2022)

Chiral nanocrystals grown from MoS2 nanosheets enable photothermally modulated enantioselective release of antimicrobial drugs

  • Bang Lin Li,
  • Jun Jiang Luo,
  • Hao Lin Zou,
  • Qing-Meng Zhang,
  • Liu-Bin Zhao,
  • Hang Qian,
  • Hong Qun Luo,
  • David Tai Leong,
  • Nian Bing Li

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-35016-8
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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Chirality transfer from molecules to nanomaterials enables advanced optical functionalities. Here, the authors use exfoliated MoS2 nanosheets to seed the growth of chiral Au nanoparticles to form Au/MoS2 heterostructures for enantioselective drug release.