Peter Stevenson

Chirality is a property of asymmetry with significance in many branches of science and refers to the handedness of a material. Plasmonic materials have also been observed to exhibit handedness in response to light, which represents the basis of chiral plasmonics. I focus on the fabrication and characterization of nanomaterials (as related to chiral plasmonics) prepared using a copper mask nanosphere template lithography method developed in our lab. It is anticipated the versatility offered in this fabrication approach, in conjunction with adequate characterization of associated chiroptical activity, these efforts will lead to scenarios involving chiral plasmon-driven chemistry.