Chair(s): Prashant Kumar (NTU)
Co-Chair(s): Bart Kahr (NYU, USA)
Symposium Scope/Topics
Chirality-driven materials are rapidly evolving from molecular curiosities into multifunctional hybrid systems that couple optical, electronic, and biological responses. This focused session will explore the frontiers of hybrid chiral materials—including inorganic–organic assemblies, plasmonic–dielectric composites, and supramolecular architectures, that transduce chirality into measurable photonic and biosensing functionalities. Talks will highlight how asymmetric light–matter interactions, chiroptical amplification, and spin-selective transport can be engineered across scales, from single molecules and nanocrystals to mesoscale metastructures. Special emphasis will be placed on the integration of chiral materials into photonic cavities, microfluidic devices, and biointerfaces for enantioselective recognition, polarization-resolved imaging, and real-time biomolecular detection. By linking materials chemistry, spectroscopy, and device engineering, this symposium aims to chart emerging paradigms that connect structural chirality with functional transduction, paving the way for next-generation optical biosensors and light-responsive hybrid materials.
Key topics that will be covered (but not limited to) –
- Design of hybrid chiral nanostructures combining inorganic and organic components
- Chiral plasmonic and excitonic coupling in photonic and metamaterial platforms
- Spin-selective charge transport and magneto-optical phenomena in chiral frameworks
- Integration of chiral materials in optical cavities, metasurfaces, and resonators
- Real-time biosensing using polarization-resolved and chiroptical detection schemes
- Self-assembly and symmetry breaking in chiral supramolecular and crystalline systems
- Theoretical modeling and spectroscopic mapping of light–matter chirality interactions
- Applications of hybrid chirality in bioimaging, disease diagnostics, and catalysis
Invited Speakers
To be confirmed
