title: Chiral inorganic nanoparticles: origin, optical properties and bioapplications.
abstract: Chirality of inorganic nanoparticles (NPs) is an emerging and hot topic in nanoresearch in the past several years. Many novel and interesting properties of chiral NPs have been explored and studied, which highlight their importance in both fundamental research and potential applications. This review summarizes recent progress in the study of origins, optical properties and bioapplications of chiral NPs, and future developments in this research area are also discussed.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory for Nanomaterials, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Beijing, 100190, China.
authors.forename: Yunsheng
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Xia
authors.forename: Yunlong
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Zhiyong
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Tang
mesh_terms: D007287:Inorganic Chemicals / Q000737:chemistry*; D007536:Isomerism; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D050997:Nanomedicine / Q000639:trends*; D049329:Nanostructures / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D036103:Nanotechnology / Q000639:trends*; D010316:Particle Size; D012031:Refractometry
chemical_list: D007287:Inorganic Chemicals