[{"abstract":[{"lang":"eng","text":"We disclose a method for the synthesis of chiral colloids from spontaneously formed hollow sugar-surfactant microtubes with internally confined mobile colloidal spheres. Key feature of our approach is the grafting of colloid surfaces with photoresponsive coumarin moieties, which allow for UV-induced, covalent clicking of colloids into permanent chains, with morphologies set by the colloid-to-tube diameter ratio. Subsequent dissolution of tube confinement yields aqueous suspensions that comprise bulk quantities of a variety of linear chains, including single helical chains of polystyrene colloids. These colloidal equivalents of chiral (DNA) molecules are intended for microscopic study of chiral dynamics on a single-particle level."}],"main_file_link":[{"open_access":"1","url":"https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.8b05065"}],"publisher":"American Chemical Society","article_processing_charge":"No","language":[{"iso":"eng"}],"volume":12,"date_published":"2018-11-14T00:00:00Z","publication":"ACS Nano","intvolume":"        12","OA_type":"hybrid","year":"2018","ddc":["540"],"oa_version":"Published Version","article_type":"original","publication_identifier":{"issn":["1936-0851"],"eissn":["1936-086X"]},"doi":"10.1021/acsnano.8b05065","quality_controlled":"1","has_accepted_license":"1","citation":{"mla":"Ouhajji, Samia, et al. “Wet-Chemical Synthesis of Chiral Colloids.” <i>ACS Nano</i>, vol. 12, no. 12, American Chemical Society, 2018, pp. 12089–95, doi:<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.8b05065\">10.1021/acsnano.8b05065</a>.","ieee":"S. Ouhajji, B. G. P. van Ravensteijn, C. Fernández-Rico, K. S. Lacina, A. P. Philipse, and A. V. Petukhov, “Wet-chemical synthesis of chiral colloids,” <i>ACS Nano</i>, vol. 12, no. 12. American Chemical Society, pp. 12089–12095, 2018.","ista":"Ouhajji S, van Ravensteijn BGP, Fernández-Rico C, Lacina KS, Philipse AP, Petukhov AV. 2018. Wet-chemical synthesis of chiral colloids. ACS Nano. 12(12), 12089–12095.","short":"S. Ouhajji, B.G.P. van Ravensteijn, C. Fernández-Rico, K.S. Lacina, A.P. Philipse, A.V. Petukhov, ACS Nano 12 (2018) 12089–12095.","chicago":"Ouhajji, Samia, Bas G. P. van Ravensteijn, Carla Fernández-Rico, Kanvaly S. Lacina, Albert P. Philipse, and Andrei V. Petukhov. “Wet-Chemical Synthesis of Chiral Colloids.” <i>ACS Nano</i>. American Chemical Society, 2018. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.8b05065\">https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.8b05065</a>.","ama":"Ouhajji S, van Ravensteijn BGP, Fernández-Rico C, Lacina KS, Philipse AP, Petukhov AV. Wet-chemical synthesis of chiral colloids. <i>ACS Nano</i>. 2018;12(12):12089-12095. doi:<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.8b05065\">10.1021/acsnano.8b05065</a>","apa":"Ouhajji, S., van Ravensteijn, B. G. P., Fernández-Rico, C., Lacina, K. S., Philipse, A. P., &#38; Petukhov, A. V. (2018). Wet-chemical synthesis of chiral colloids. <i>ACS Nano</i>. American Chemical Society. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.8b05065\">https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.8b05065</a>"},"oa":1,"date_updated":"2026-07-15T06:58:05Z","OA_place":"publisher","title":"Wet-chemical synthesis of chiral colloids","user_id":"2DF688A6-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87","issue":"12","day":"14","scopus_import":"1","_id":"22210","extern":"1","external_id":{"pmid":["30428258"]},"date_created":"2026-06-30T06:31:31Z","publication_status":"published","pmid":1,"author":[{"last_name":"Ouhajji","first_name":"Samia","full_name":"Ouhajji, Samia"},{"full_name":"van Ravensteijn, Bas G. P.","first_name":"Bas G. P.","last_name":"van Ravensteijn"},{"full_name":"Fernández-Rico, Carla","first_name":"Carla","last_name":"Fernández-Rico","id":"492def71-6250-11f0-b278-d41dbd241b62"},{"full_name":"Lacina, Kanvaly S.","last_name":"Lacina","first_name":"Kanvaly S."},{"last_name":"Philipse","first_name":"Albert P.","full_name":"Philipse, Albert P."},{"full_name":"Petukhov, Andrei V.","last_name":"Petukhov","first_name":"Andrei V."}],"type":"journal_article","month":"11","page":"12089-12095","tmp":{"short":"CC BY-NC-ND (4.0)","name":"Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)","legal_code_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/legalcode","image":"/images/cc_by_nc_nd.png"},"status":"public"}]