Self‐Assembled Microhelices: Directed Emission from Self‐Assembled Microhelices (Adv. Funct. Mater. 26/2020)

Abstract

In article number 1908218, Willem L. Noorduin and co-workers present self-assembled, microscopic BaCO3/SiO2 double helices, which integrate directional emission and enantiomorph-specific circular retardance. This optical response emerges from the arrangement of nanoscopic mineral crystallites in the microscopic helix, and demonstrates how bottom-up assembly can achieve ordering across multiple length scales to form complex functional materials [Image by Stefan Diller – Scientific Photography – Wuerzburg].