Intrinsic Chirality and Optical Anisotropy in Single MoS 2 Nanoscroll: Implications for Wavelength-Selective Dichroic Materials
Abstract
Engineering chirality in transition-metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) materials, such as MoS 2, has attracted significant attention due to their promising applications in advanced optics, electronics, and spintronics. In this study, the single one-dimensional (1D) chiral MoS 2 nanoscroll was formed by rolling up a two-dimensional (2D) monolayer MoS 2 nanosheet after dropping ethanol–water solutions. As a 1D material, the MoS 2 nanoscroll shows anisotropy and chirality dependency using atomic force microscopy (AFM), angle-resolved polarized Raman spectroscopy (ARPRS), scanning polarized modulation microscopy (SPMM), and scanning circular dichroism microscopy (SCDM). Intrinsic circular dichroism (CD) and linear dichroism (LD) of the single MoS 2 nanoscroll both exhibit a strong dependence on excitation wavelengths (473, 633, and 671 nm), reaching maximum value (CD = 32.8 mdeg and LD = 0.20) at 671 nm near the A-exciton resonance. These findings highlight single nanoscrolls as a promising platform for chiral optoelectronics and motivate future exploration toward photodetectors and spin filters.
Fields of Study & Subjects
2D Materials and Applications
Metamaterials and Metasurfaces Applications
Heusler alloys: electronic and magnetic properties
Publication details
- Journal / source
- ACS Applied Nano Materials
- Publisher
- American Chemical Society (ACS)
- Volume
- 9
- Issue
- 6
- Pages
- 2908–2915
- Publication date
- 3 February 2026
- Language
- EN