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Spin chiral anisotropy of diamagnetic chiral mesostructured In2O3 films

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Spin chiral anisotropy (SChA) refers to the occurrence of different spin polarization in antipodal chiral structures. Herein, we report the SChA in diamagnetic chiral mesostructured In2O3 films (CMIFs) with manifestation of chirality-dependent magnetic circular dichroism (MCD) signals. CMIFs were grown on fluorine-doped tin dioxide conductive glass (FTO) substrates, which were synthesized via a hydrothermal route, with malic acid used as the symmetry-breaking agent. Two levels of chirality have been identified in CMIFs: primary nanoflakes with atomically twisted crystal lattices and secondary helical stacking of the nanoflakes. CMIFs exhibit chirality-dependent asymmetric MCD signals due to the different interactions of chirality-induced effective magnetic field and external magnetic field, which distinguish from the commonly observed external magnetic fielddependent symmetric MCD signals. These findings provide insights into spin manipulation of spin-paired diamagnets.

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Acknowledgements

This work was supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China (No. 2021YFA1200301, S. A. C.), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 21931008, S. A. C. and 21975184, Y. Y. D.), and Shanghai Pilot Program for Basic Research-Shanghai Jiao Tong University (No. 21TQ1400219).

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  1. Frontiers Science Center for Transformative Molecules, State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites, Shanghai Key Laboratory for Molecular Engineering of Chiral Drugs, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China

    Ting Ji & Shunai Che

  2. School of Chemical Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai, 200092, China

    Quanzheng Deng, Hao Chen, Lu Han & Yingying Duan

  3. Department of Medicinal Chemistry, School of Pharmacy, Fudan University, Shanghai, 201203, China

    Zhibei Qu

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Ji, T., Deng, Q., Chen, H. et al. Spin chiral anisotropy of diamagnetic chiral mesostructured In2O3 films. Nano Res. (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-024-6572-y

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