Chiral separation of molecules enabled by enantioselective optical forces in integrated nanophotonic circuits

Información del proyecto

CHIRALFORCE

Identificador del acuerdo de subvención: 101046961

DOI

10.3030/101046961

Proyecto cerrado

Fecha de la firma de la CE 2 Agosto 2022

Fecha de inicio 1 Diciembre 2022

Fecha de finalización 31 Mayo 2026

Financiado con arreglo a

• The European Innovation Council (EIC)

Coste total

€ 3 263 726,25

Aportación de la UE

€ 3 263 726,25

Coordinado por

UNIVERSITAT POLITECNICA DE VALENCIA
Spain

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Resultado final

Documents, reports (11)

Synthesis and optimization of chiral polymerized liquid crystal nanoparticles

We will describe the mechanisms to synthesize and optimize chiral polymerized liquid crystal nanoparticles that will be used in experiments in WP1 and later in WP3 (for separation purposes)

Synthesis and optimization of chiral nanoparticles

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Data management plan 2

Definition of the revised Data Management Plan

Report on optical force and enantiomer resolving power predictions for the integrated waveguide designs to guide the demonstrator

In WP2 we will perform calculations on optical force and enantiomer resolving power in chiral integrated waveguides. Such calculations, which will be reported in this deliverable, will lead to designs to guide the final demonstrator.

Optimized building blocks: waveguides, interfaces, compensators

Key building blocks of C-PICs (waveguides, interfaces, compensators) will be designed and optimized using numerical simulations. Here we will report on such designs to be later fabricated to form c-PICs.

Report on preliminary results and algorithm of numerical DFT method to determine chirality spectra of molecules, and its link with optical force calculations

Here we will describe the first results as well as the numerical DFT method employed to determine the chirality spectra of molecules. We will also establish a link so that such molecules can be used in the optical force calculations to be performed in WP2.

Scientific and Technical review documents RP1

The draft agenda and presentations to be delivered during the 1st review meeting

Data management plan 1

Definition of the Data Management Plan

Scientific and Technical review documents RP2

The draft agenda and presentations to be delivered during the 2nd review meeting

Dissemination and Exploitation Plan 1

Definition of the Dissemination and Exploitation Plan

Risks, bottlenecks and opportunities of enantioselective optical forces

First simulation results on optical forces exerted by chiral modes in integrated waveguides will allow us to establish the risks, bottlenecks, and opportunities of enantioselective optical forces. These results will set the limits of the application of the CHIRALFORCE technology.

Websites, patent fillings, videos etc. (2)

Creation of online open database of chiral polarizability of molecules/particles populated with our broadband calculations on various molecules and particles

From all the simulation and modeling results performed within WP1 to get the chiral response of molecules and nanoparticles, we will create an online open database of chiral polarizability of molecules/particles. This database will be useful in CHIRALFORCE as well as for any researcher interested in chiral matter and chiroptical interaction.

Project website

Development and operation of the project’s website

Publicaciones

Peer reviewed articles (13)

Chiral longitudinal forces in dielectric photonic waveguides

Autores: Martínez-Romeu Josep; Diez Iago; Golat Sebastian; Rodríguez-Fortuño Francisco J.; Martínez Alejandro
Publicado en: EPJ Web of Conferences, Edición Vol 309, 2024, ISSN 2100-014X
Editor: EDP Sciences
DOI: 10.1051/EPJCONF/202430901004

Chiral optical forces in a slot waveguide for the separation of molecules in gas

Autores: Josep Martínez-Romeu, Daniel Arenas-Ortega, Iago Diez, Alejandro Martínez
Publicado en: Optics Letters, Edición 51, 2026, ISSN 0146-9592
Editor: Optica Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1364/OL.575264

Optical dipolar chiral sorting forces and their manifestation in evanescent waves and nanofibers

Autores: Sebastian Golat, Jack J. Kingsley-Smith, Iago Diez, Josep Martinez-Romeu, Alejandro Martínez, and Francisco J. Rodríguez-Fortuño
Publicado en: Physical Review Research, Edición Vol. 6, Iss. 2 — April - June 2024, 2024, ISSN 2643-1564
Editor: American Physical Society
DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.2310.11272

On-chip chiroptical sensor based on directional deflection of light: a Stern–Gerlach integrated optical analog [Invited]

Autores: Josep Martínez-Romeu, Alejandro Martínez, J. Enrique Vázquez-Lozano
Publicado en: Journal of the Optical Society of America B, Edición 43, 2026, ISSN 0740-3224
Editor: Optica Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.596711

E. coli filament buckling modulates Min patterning and cell division

Autores: Marta Nadal, Léna Guitou, Iago Diez, Juan Hurtado, Alejandro Martínez, Iago Grobas, Javier Buceta
Publicado en: Nature Communications, Edición 16, 2025, ISSN 2041-1723
Editor: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
DOI: 10.1038/S41467-025-63509-9

Longitudinal chiral forces in photonic integrated waveguides to separate particles with realistically small chirality

Autores: Josep Martínez-Romeu, Iago Diez, Sebastian Golat, Francisco J. Rodríguez-Fortuño and Alejandro Martínez
Publicado en: Nanophotonics, Edición Vol.13, nº 23, 2024, ISSN 2192-8614
Editor: de Gruyter
DOI: 10.1515/NANOPH-2024-0339

Chiral forces in longitudinally invariant dielectric photonic waveguides

Autores: Alejandro Martinez; Francisco Rodríguez-Fortuño; Sebastian Golat; Iago Diez; Josep Martinez-Romeu
Publicado en: Photonics Research, Edición Vol.12, Edición, pp.431-443, 2024, ISSN 2327-9125
Editor: Optica Publishing Group
DOI: 10.48550/arXiv.2310.16413

Chiral Self-assembly of Zinc and Magnesium Porphyrins with Enantiopure Cyclohexanohemicucurbiturils in Solution and in Solid-State

Autores: Marko Šakarašvili; Khai-Nghi Truong; Lukáš Ustrnul; Nele Konrad; Kristjan Siilak; Tatsiana Burankova; Reiko Kuroda; Mathias O. Senge; Victor Borovkov; Jas S. Ward; Kari Rissanen; Riina Aav
Publicado en: Inorganic Chemistry, Edición Vol 64- Edición 48, 2025, ISSN 1520-510X
Editor: ACS Publications
DOI: 10.1021/ACS.INORGCHEM.5C04969

A decomposition of light’s spin angular momentum density

Autores: Alex J. Vernon; Sebastian Golat; Claire Rigouzzo; Eugene A. Lim; Francisco J. Rodríguez-Fortuño
Publicado en: Light: Science & Applications, Vol 13, Iss 1, Pp 1-12 (2024), Edición 13, 2024, ISSN 2047-7538
Editor: Springer Nature Ltd.
DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.2310.03804

Chirality transfer from penicillamine to gold nanoparticles enables enantioselective electrochemical sensing of cysteine

Autores: Bahar Atik, Anupa Kumari, Christos Englezos, Melih Ögeday Cicek, Francisco Ruiz-Zepeda, Georgios Katsoukis, Wilfred G. van der Wiel, Oluwafemi Stephen Ojambati, Arturo Susarrey-Arce, Han Gardeniers
Publicado en: Nanoscale, 2026, ISSN 2040-3364
Editor: Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
DOI: 10.1039/D6NR01490A

The electromagnetic symmetry sphere: a framework for energy, momentum, spin and other electromagnetic quantities

Autores: Sebastian Golat; Alex J Vernon; Francisco J Rodríguez-Fortuño
Publicado en: Physica Scripta, 2025, ISSN 1402-4896
Editor: IOP Publishing
DOI: 10.48550/ARXIV.2405.15718

Creating tunable lateral optical forces through multipolar interplay in single nanowires

Autores: Fan Nan, Francisco J. Rodríguez-Fortuño, Shaohui Yan, Jack J. Kingsley-Smith, Jack Ng, Baoli Yao, Zijie Yan & Xiaohao Xu
Publicado en: Nature Communications, Edición 14, number 6361, 2023, ISSN 2041-1723
Editor: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/S41467-023-42076-X

A Rational Framework to Estimate the Chiroptical Activity of [6]Helicene Derivatives

Autores: Mirko Vanzan, Susanna Bertuletti, Giacomo Becatti, Belen Bazan, Minze T. Rispens, Steven I. C. Wan, Michel Leeman, Willem L. Noorduin, Francesca Baletto
Publicado en: The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, Edición 129, 2025, ISSN 1089-5639
Editor: American Chemical Society (ACS)
DOI: 10.1021/ACS.JPCA.5C04360