Synthesis of chiral TiO 2 nanofibre with electron transition-based optical activity

Nature Communications

Volumn 3, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Liu, Shaohua ^a   Han, Lu ^a   Duan, Yingying ^a   Asahina, Shunsuke ^b   Terasaki, Osamu ^c,d   Cao, Yuanyuan ^a   Liu, Ben ^a   Ma, Liguo ^a   Zhang, Jialiang ^a   Che, Shunai ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b JEOL LTD   (Japan)

^c Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

^d STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; AMPHOPHILE; NANOCRYSTAL; NANOFIBER; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TITANIUM DIOXIDE NANOFIBER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABSORPTION; AMINO ACID; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRON; NANOTECHNOLOGY;

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL BINDING; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHIRALITY; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRON; OPTICAL ROTATION; POLARIZATION; SEMICONDUCTOR; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 84870852791     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms2215     Document Type: Article

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