Chiralidad inducida por ligando y estado excitado en nanopartículas de silicio: materia de interacciones

Meleppatt Sujith1, E Krishnan Vishnu1, Subrahmanyam Sappati1

  • 1School of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Thiruvananthapuram (IISER TVM), Vithura, Thiruvananthapuram 695551, India.

Resumen

Los investigadores crearon nanopartículas quirales de silicio utilizando triptófano. Estas nanopartículas exhiben luminiscencia polarizada circularmente, una primicia para el silicio, abriendo nuevas vías en la ciencia de materiales quirales.

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