Topic: Chiral Nanostructures: Supramolecular Self-assembly and Materials

The subject of chirality in nanostructures represents one of the most dynamic areas of nanomaterials today and has emerged recently as a new "growth point" of nanoscience. Recent developments in a wide range of chiral nanomaterials, including inorganic, organic, polymer, and supramolecular nanomaterials, have attracted increasing research interest in the field of chemistry, physics, biology and materials, and nanoscience. The typical chiral nanostructures, such as helical nanofibers/nanorods, helical nanotubes, helicoids, etc., have been frequently reported. The chirality transfer from small molecules to impart handedness to nanoscale matter has been well-established. Moreover, chirality at the supramolecular level is of vital importance since it is strongly related to chemistry, physics, and biology and is attracting great attention due to rapid developments in supramolecular chemistry and molecular self-assembly. Despite the great achievements that have been made, the designed synthesis of chiral nanostructures with high uniformity and desirable functionality is still challenging, which is important for designing materials with specific applications, such as enantioselective catalysis, enantioselective recognition, CPL（Circularly polarized luminescence), and biomedical applications. The Special Issue is focused on recent progress in the broad interdisciplinary areas of chiral nanostructures or nanomaterials and their potential applications.    
Specific areas to be covered include, but are not limited to:

● Chiral inorganic/organic/polymer nanomaterials;

● Chiral supramolecular nanostructures;

● Chiral nanomaterials for CPL;

● Chiral nanomaterials for enantioselective catalysis;

● Chiral nanomaterials for enantioselective recognition;

● Chiral nanomaterials for biomedical applications.

Supramolecular nanostructures, chiral nanomaterials, enantioselective catalysis, enantioselective recognition, CPL

15 Dec 2023