Design, Synthesis, and Self-Organization of Nature- and Bio-Inspired Homochiral Helical Complex Systems

Abstract Helical homochirality is available in nature, biology, and, most recently, also in synthetic systems. Selected examples of helical complex systems from nature, biology, and synthetic chemistry will be briefly discussed, most probably for the first time, in a single publication. When available, the mechanisms of the origin of their homochirality will be presented. In order to encourage new discoveries, the historical events of many discoveries will also be highlighted. Potential connections between homochirality in nature and biology, as well as in nature- and bio-inspired macroscopic, molecular, and supramolecular complex systems, will be mentioned.