Using post-synthetic ligand modification to imprint chirality onto the electronic states of cesium lead bromide (CsPbBr3) perovskite nanoparticles.

This study presents a post-synthetic ligand modification strategy for the generation of chiroptically active, blue emitting CsPbBr3 nanoparticles (NPs) - an expansion to the library of 3D chiral perovskite nanomaterials. Addition of [R- and S-] 1-phenylethylamine, 1-(1-naphthyl)ethylamine, or 2-aminooctane to the synthesized CsPbBr3 NPs is shown to induce Cotton effects in the NP first exciton transition, suggestive of a successful electronic coupling between the chiral ligands and the NPs. The availability of these chiral CsPbBr3 NPs thrusts them into the forefront of perovskite nanomaterials for examining the implications of the chiral induced spin selectivity (CISS) effect and other applications in spintronics.