Findings demonstrate that ligand binding influences chiroptical activity in silicon quantum dots, suggesting applications for chiral nanomaterials.
respectively which peak at ∼3 ligands per QD. High-resolution transmission electron microscopy reveals that ligand binding induces lattice compression in the QDs, likely associated with chirality. These findings highlight the crucial role of ligand binding geometry and surface-induced structural distortion in generating chiroptical activity in Si QDs for next-generation chiral nanomaterials.
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