Optically Active Nanocrystals (Advanced Optical Materials 34/2025)

Optically Active Nanocrystals With this special issue, friends and former group members wish to honor Prof. Luis Liz Marzán on the occasion of his 60th birthday. His pioneering work in metallic colloidal chemistry and bionanoplasmonics has left a lasting legacy, both scientifically and personally, through his roles as a mentor and colleague (see also the Guest Editorial, DOI: 10.1002/adom.202503590). This front cover illustrates a variety of colloidal metallic nanocrystal shapes, including chiral nanoparticles, that have been reported by Luis's group over the years. Exploring synthesis protocols for the shape control of plasmonic nanoparticles, along with investigating their optical properties and applications in biosensing and therapy, has been the major research direction of Prof. Luis Liz Marzán.