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Chiral nematic cellulose-gold nanoparticle composites from mesoporous photonic cellulose
Maik Schlesinger1, Michael Giese, Lina K Blusch
1Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, 2036 Main Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z1, Canada. mmaclach@chem.ubc.ca.
Abstract:
Gold nanoparticles (NPs) have been loaded into mesoporous photonic cellulose (MPC) films. The NPs show a low polydispersity and a nanoparticle-based plasmonic chiroptical activity with potential for novel sensing materials.

