Fig. 8: Chiral luminescent nanomaterials based on liquid-crystalline CNCs.

a Schematic evaporation-induced co-assembly of carbon dots and CNC. b SEM images and polarized optical microscope images of chiral nanomaterials. c, d Transparent film and dark film upon exposure to right- and left-handed circularly polarized light, respectively. e Transmission spectra with left-handed and right-handed circularly polarized light. f–h Schematic representation of detecting circularly polarized light. Reproduced with permission from ref. 257. Copyright 2018, WILEY-VCH