32‐Symmetric Chiral Gold Nanoplates with Near‐Infrared Circular Dichroism

Abstract

AbstractPlasmonic chiral nanostructures provide a novel route for extraordinary optical properties, such as light polarization control and enhancing chiroptical signals of molecules. The symmetry of chiral nanostructures, such as helices, gyroids, and irregular tetrahedrons, is strongly correlated to chiroptical responses; therefore, it is an important design parameter. In a previous study, a synthetic strategy is demonstrated for 432‐symmetric chiral gold nanoparticles by breaking the mirror symmetry of a 4/m 2/m‐symmetric crystal structure on a high‐index surface. Herein, the aim is to extend the chiral symmetry of gold nanoparticles and their chiroptical responses. The symmetry of gold nanoparticles can be modulated by inducing single or multiple twin planes in seed nanoparticles. The 32‐symmetric chiral gold nanoplates, referred to as 32 helicoids, are successfully synthesized using 3 2/m‐symmetric triangular and hexagonal plates. The growth mechanism of the 32 helicoids, which results in two different characteristic morphologies, is analyzed. The 32 helicoids are significantly important owing to their optical activity over a wide range from the visible to the near‐infrared region. This investigation provides an insight that symmetry control of the nanomorphology can represent an important research direction in chiral plasmonic applications.