Inducing a chiral twist in achiral porphyrins: tailoring molecular interactions for circularly polarized luminescence from chiral microflowers

Key Points

• The aim is to develop a new method for inducing chirality in achiral porphyrins to enhance their luminescent properties.
• Used chiral mandelic acid and Zn(II) ions to induce chirality in porphyrins.
• Examined luminescence in both solution and solid states.
• Achiral porphyrins showed chiral luminescence after treatment with chiral mandelic acid and Zn(II) ions.
• Nanostructures displayed luminescence characteristics in varied states, indicating robustness of the approach.