Fig. 7: Chiral luminescent nanomaterials prepared from the co-assembly of CNCs and quantum nanorods.

a Schematic process of fabricating chiral luminescent nanostructured film via evaporation-induced self-assembly. b Polarized optical microscope image of the chiral luminescent nanostructured film (Scale bar, 10 µm). c Chiral luminescent nanostructured films exhibiting chiral nanostructures. (Scale bar, 1 µm). d–f Mechanically driven polarization modulation of emitted light from CPL to linearly polarized emission. Reproduced with permission from ref. 250. Copyright 2021, WILEY-VCH