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Temperature-modulated inversion and switching of chiroptical responses in dynamic side-by-side oligomers of gold nanorods

Show Author's Information Hanbo Li1,2,§,  Dejing Meng1,†,§,  Chenqi Zhang1,2,  Yinglu Ji1,  Xinshuang Gao1,2,  Zhijian Hu1( ),  Xiaochun Wu1,2( )
CAS Key Laboratory of Standardization and Measurement for Nanotechnology, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Beijing 100190, China
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
Present address: Institute of Microstructure Technology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen 76344, Germany

§ Hanbo Li and Dejing Meng contributed equally to this work.

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gold nanorods, plasmonic circular dichroism, chiral oligomers, cetylpyridinium chloride, temperature stimulus
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Herein, a new strategy is proposed for achieving dynamic chiral controls in self-assembly systems of plasmonic nanorods based on temperature-modulation. Via enlarging Au{100} side facets of Au nanorod (AuNR) building block and changing surface ligand from often-used cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) to cetylpyridinium chloride (CPC), inversion of chiroptical signal in side-by-side (SS) oligomers is realized. Under the guide of chiral cysteine (Cys), Au{100} side facet-linked SS rods twist in the opposite direction compared with Au{110} side facet-linked counterparts. At high CPC concentration, by controlling the incubation temperature of chiral Cys, the dominant twist mode can be regulated. Finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) simulations indicate the key role of the twisting dihedral angle of the oligomers in driving chiral signal inversion. At low CPC concentration, a temperature-sensitive chiral switching is observed owing to the conformation change of the CPC ligand layer. The temperature-modulated chiral responses are based on the interactions of chiral molecules, achiral surface ligands, and exposed facets of the building block. The rich dynamic tunability of chiroptical responses of plasmonic assemblies may find applications in stimulus-responsive nanodevices.


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Temperature-modulated inversion and switching of chiroptical responses in dynamic side-by-side oligomers of gold nanorods

Show Author's information Hanbo Li1,2,§, Dejing Meng1,†,§, Chenqi Zhang1,2, Yinglu Ji1, Xinshuang Gao1,2, Zhijian Hu1( ), Xiaochun Wu1,2( )
CAS Key Laboratory of Standardization and Measurement for Nanotechnology, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Beijing 100190, China
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
Present address: Institute of Microstructure Technology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen 76344, Germany

§ Hanbo Li and Dejing Meng contributed equally to this work.

Abstract

Herein, a new strategy is proposed for achieving dynamic chiral controls in self-assembly systems of plasmonic nanorods based on temperature-modulation. Via enlarging Au{100} side facets of Au nanorod (AuNR) building block and changing surface ligand from often-used cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) to cetylpyridinium chloride (CPC), inversion of chiroptical signal in side-by-side (SS) oligomers is realized. Under the guide of chiral cysteine (Cys), Au{100} side facet-linked SS rods twist in the opposite direction compared with Au{110} side facet-linked counterparts. At high CPC concentration, by controlling the incubation temperature of chiral Cys, the dominant twist mode can be regulated. Finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) simulations indicate the key role of the twisting dihedral angle of the oligomers in driving chiral signal inversion. At low CPC concentration, a temperature-sensitive chiral switching is observed owing to the conformation change of the CPC ligand layer. The temperature-modulated chiral responses are based on the interactions of chiral molecules, achiral surface ligands, and exposed facets of the building block. The rich dynamic tunability of chiroptical responses of plasmonic assemblies may find applications in stimulus-responsive nanodevices.

Keywords: gold nanorods, plasmonic circular dichroism, chiral oligomers, cetylpyridinium chloride, temperature stimulus

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Received: 28 April 2023
Revised: 25 June 2023
Accepted: 05 July 2023
Published: 25 August 2023
Issue date: December 2023

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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 22072032), the Strategic Priority Research Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences (No. XDB36000000), and the National Key Basic Research Program of China (No. 2021YFA1202803).

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