title: Ultraviolet Plasmonic Chirality from Colloidal Aluminum Nanoparticles Exhibiting Charge-Selective Protein Detection.
abstract: Chiral aluminum nanoparticles, dispersed in water, are prepared, which provide strong ultraviolet plasmonic circular dichroism, high-energy superchiral near-fields, and charge-selective protein detection.
authors.affiliation: Optical Materials Engineering Laboratory, Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering, ETH Zurich, 8092, Zurich, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Kevin M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: McPeak
authors.affiliation: Optical Materials Engineering Laboratory, Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering, ETH Zurich, 8092, Zurich, Switzerland.|Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3QZ, UK.
authors.forename: Christian D
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: van Engers
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology and Chemistry, Laboratory of Biomolecular Research, Paul Scherrer Institut, 5232, Villigen PSI, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Sarah
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bianchi
authors.affiliation: Optical Materials Engineering Laboratory, Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering, ETH Zurich, 8092, Zurich, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Aurelio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rossinelli
authors.affiliation: Optical Materials Engineering Laboratory, Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering, ETH Zurich, 8092, Zurich, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Lisa V
authors.initials: LV
authors.lastname: Poulikakos
authors.affiliation: Laboratory for Nanoscale Materials Science, Empa, Überlandstrasse 129, 8600, Dübendorf, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Laetitia
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Bernard
authors.affiliation: Zuse Institute Berlin, 14195, Berlin, Germany.
authors.forename: Sven
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Herrmann
authors.affiliation: Optical Materials Engineering Laboratory, Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering, ETH Zurich, 8092, Zurich, Switzerland.
authors.forename: David K
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: Zuse Institute Berlin, 14195, Berlin, Germany.|JCMwave GmbH, 14050, Berlin, Germany.
authors.forename: Sven
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Burger
authors.affiliation: Zuse Institute Berlin, 14195, Berlin, Germany.|JCMwave GmbH, 14050, Berlin, Germany.
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Blome
authors.affiliation: Optical Materials Engineering Laboratory, Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering, ETH Zurich, 8092, Zurich, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Sriharsha V
authors.initials: SV
authors.lastname: Jayanti
authors.affiliation: Optical Materials Engineering Laboratory, Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering, ETH Zurich, 8092, Zurich, Switzerland.
authors.forename: David J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Norris
mesh_terms: D000327:Adsorption; D000535:Aluminum / Q000737:chemistry*; D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D002645:Chickens; D002942:Circular Dichroism; D003102:Colloids / Q000737:chemistry*; D003198:Computer Simulation; D053768:Metal Nanoparticles / Q000737:chemistry*; D015394:Molecular Structure; D009113:Muramidase / Q000737:chemistry; D012710:Serum Albumin, Bovine / Q000737:chemistry; D055672:Static Electricity; D014357:Trypsin / Q000737:chemistry; D014867:Water / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D003102:Colloids; D014867:Water; D012710:Serum Albumin, Bovine; D000535:Aluminum; D009113:Muramidase; D014357:Trypsin
keywords: chiral nanopyramids; circular dichroism; metal nanoparticles; protein adsorption and detection; ultraviolet plasmonics