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Colorimetric Visualization of Chirality: From Molecular Sensors to Hierarchical Extension
1Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Urban Environmental Sciences, Tokyo Metropolitan University, 1-1 Minami-Osawa, Hachioji, Tokyo 192-0397, Japan.
Molecules (Basel, Switzerland)
|May 7, 2025
Summary
This review explores colorimetric sensors for detecting chirality, crucial in pharmaceuticals and agriculture. Molecular organization and chemometrics enable accurate chiral recognition using nanomaterials.
Area of Science:
- Chirality sensing
- Molecular recognition
- Nanomaterials
Background:
- Optical sensing of chirality is vital across pharmaceuticals, agriculture, food, and environmental science.
- Color-based cascade amplification offers a low-cost chiral detection method, but requires sophisticated 3D recognition sites.
- Developing hierarchical molecular organization is key for effective colorimetric chiral sensors.
Purpose of the Study:
- To review function-integrated molecular sensors for colorimetric chirality detection.
- To highlight the role of molecular organization in creating responsive sensing sites.
- To discuss the application of chemometrics and nanomaterials in chiral recognition.
Main Methods:
- Review of molecular sensors utilizing absorption, fluorescence, and aggregation-induced emission.
- Exploration of hierarchical approaches based on molecular organization.
- Discussion of data-driven chemometrics for quantitative chiral pattern recognition.
- Analysis of colorimetric nanomaterials including noble-metal nanoparticles, carbon dots, and photonic crystal gels.
Main Results:
- Molecular organization enables the construction of effective 3D optical recognition sites for chirality.
- Chemometrics provides accurate and quantitative chiral pattern recognition.
- Various nanomaterials offer versatile platforms for colorimetric chiral sensing.
Conclusions:
- Hierarchical molecular organization is crucial for developing advanced colorimetric chiral sensors.
- Chemometrics and nanomaterials significantly enhance the accuracy and applicability of chiral detection.
- This review consolidates recent advancements in colorimetric sensing for chirality.
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