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Plasmonic nanoparticle sensors: current progress, challenges, and future prospects

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Ligand induced chirality in In2S3 nanoparticles

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Nanoscale, 2023, 15, 18753
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Modulation of the assembly fashion among metal–organic frameworks for enantioretentive epoxide activation

Jun Guo, Xiaomin Xue, Fangfang Li, Meiting Zhao, Youcong Xing, Yanmin Song, Chang Long, Tingting Zhao, Yi Liu and Zhiyong Tang

Nanoscale Horiz., 2024, 9, 118
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Porphyrin-Based Hybrid Nanohelices: Cooperative Effect between Molecular and Supramolecular Chirality on Amplified Optical Activity

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Multiscale Chiral Synthesis via Self-Assembly of Achiral Nanoparticles for Next-Generation Chiral Material-Based Applications: The Role of Metal Ions as Chirality Messengers

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ACS Appl. Nano Mater., 2023, 6, 19632
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Geometric Control and Optical Properties of Intrinsically Chiral Plasmonic Nanomaterials

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Advanced Materials, 2023
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Chiral-based optical and electrochemical biosensors: Synthesis, classification, mechanisms, nanostructures, and applications

Homa Beyrami, Marzieh Golshan, Justyna Kucińska-Lipka, Mohammad Reza Saeb and Mehdi Salami-Kalajahi

Chemical Engineering Journal, 2024, 497, 155562
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Green Synthesis of Biocompatible Chiral Gold Nanoparticles

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Polymers, 2024, 16, 3333
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Chiral inorganic nanomaterials in the tumor microenvironment: A new chapter in cancer therapy

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Pharmacological Research, 2024, 208, 107386
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Determining the Absolute Configuration of Small Molecules by Diffusion NMR Experiments

Tadeu Luiz Gomes Cabral, Guilherme Dal Poggetto, João Pedro Brussolo da Silva, Mathias Nilsson and Claudio F. Tormena

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Enhancement of Fluorescence Mediated by Silver Nanoparticles: Implications for Cell Imaging

Pradip Maiti, Swarupa Sarkar, Tanmoy Singha, Sannak Dutta Roy, Mrityunjoy Mahato, Parimal Karmakar, Sharmistha Paul and Pabitra Kumar Paul

Langmuir, 2023, 39, 6713
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Two-dimensional chiral metal-organic framework nanosheets L-hyp-Ni/Fe@SiO2 composite for HPLC separation

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Journal of Chromatography A, 2024, 1722, 464911
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Chiral nanomaterials for neurodegenerative diseases

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High-Throughput Morphological Chirality Quantification of Twisted and Wrinkled Gold Nanorods

Evgenii Vlasov, Wouter Heyvaert, Bing Ni, Kyle Van Gordon, Robin Girod, Johan Verbeeck, Luis M. Liz-Marzán and Sara Bals

ACS Nano, 2024, 18, 12010
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Direct Readout of Homo- vs Heterochiral Ligand Shell of Quantum Dots

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ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2024, 16, 37308
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Determining the Absolute Configuration of Small Molecules by Diffusion NMR Experiments

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Angewandte Chemie, 2025, 137
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Chirality transfer to nanocrystals by peptide templates and circularly polarized light

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Biophys Rev, 2025
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Interface Chirality: From Biological Effects to Biomedical Applications

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Molecules, 2023, 28, 5629
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Plasmonic nanocrystals with intrinsic chirality: Biomolecule-directed synthesis and applications

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Heteroatom-doped cobalt single-atomic nanozymes with differential enzyme-like activity for bacteria-infected wound therapy

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Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 2024, 675, 580
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Expanding the Horizons of Machine Learning in Nanomaterials to Chiral Nanostructures

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Cascade catalyzed dual-responsive Gold-Ferri “bomb-like” nanoreactors for positive feedback penetrating in sequential targeted triple glioblastoma therapy

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Low temperature synthesis of chiral carbon dots for reducing H2O2 damage

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Complexation of Terpenes for the Production of New Antimicrobial and Antibiofilm Molecules and Their Encapsulation in Order to Improve Their Activities

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Applied Sciences, 2023, 13, 9854
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Self-Assembly of Chiral Ligands on 2D Semiconductor Nanoplatelets for High Circular Dichroism

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