Chiral plasmonic films formed by gold nanorods and cellulose nanocrystals.

Chiral plasmonic films have been prepared by incorporating gold nanorods (NRs) in a macroscopic cholesteric film formed by self-assembled cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs). Composite NR-CNC films revealed strong plasmonic chiroptical activity, dependent on the photonic properties of the CNC host and plasmonic properties of the NRs. The plasmonic chiroptical properties of the composite films were tuned by changing the conditions of film preparation. The strategy presented herein paves the way for the scalable and cost-efficient preparation of plasmonic chiral materials.

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