Peptides used to make light-twisting nanoparticles

Guillermo González-Rubio and Luis M. Liz-Marzán ()

Nature, 2018, vol. 556, issue 7701, 313-314

Abstract: The growth of gold nanoparticles has been manipulated using amino acids and peptides to produce twisted structures that alter the rotation of light. The method could simplify the development of optical devices.

Keywords: Materials science; Nanoscience and technology; Optics and photonics; Synthesis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1038/d41586-018-04205-1

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