Complex chiral colloids and surfaces via high-index off-cut silicon.
basic_science · Level V
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Abstract
Silicon wafers are commonly etched in potassium hydroxide solutions to form highly symmetric surface structures. These arise when slow-etching {111} atomic planes are exposed on standard low-index surfaces. However, the ability of nonstandard high-index wafers to provide more complex structures by tilting the {111} planes has not been fully appreciated. We demonstrate the power of this approach by creating chiral surface structures and nanoparticles of a specific handedness from gold. When the nanoparticles are dispersed in liquids, gold colloids exhibiting record molar circular dichroism (>5 × 10(9) M(-1) cm(-1)) at red wavelengths are obtained. The nanoparticles also present chiral pockets for binding.