GSH Oligomer-Directed Chiral Au-Helicoid Nanoparticles for Discriminating Penicillamine Enantiomers

Preparing chiral plasmonic nanoparticles (NPs) with strong chiroptical responses is crucial in numerous fields including constructing optical materials, chiral sensing, and chiral-dependent biological processes. However, precise regulation over the chiral optical activity and chiral configuration of plasmonic NPs is still a challenge. In this work, we report Au helicoid NPs with different chiral structures and reversal chirality directed by the oligomeric structure of inducer glutathione (GSH). By precisely controlling the oligomeric structure of GSH and other synthetic parameters, we successfully prepared chiral Au helicoid NPs with a high anisotropy factor of 0.03. The obtained chiral Au NPs demonstrated an excellent performance in discriminating penicillamine (Pen) enantiomers. Our findings provide a construction strategy for chiral Au NPs and contribute insight into the regulation effect of chiral inducers on the growth of chiral metal NPs.