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VersatAAIL Surfactants: Biodegradable, chiral amino acid ionic liquid surfactants (AAILSs) with a very high surface activity are synthesized and characterized. The AAILS can be applied as task‐specific ionic liquids; two examples given are the mitigation of harmful algal blooms from sea water and the shape‐ and size‐specific synthesis of nanomaterials.

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Ultra-narrow wurtzite ZnS quantum wires assembled towards an onion slice shape are synthesized in water using a simple hydrothermal procedure. Wires are formed through an oriented attachment mechanism from wurtzite ZnS spherical particles. Strong confinement effect originated from the narrow width was observed and holds promise for use in broad optoelectronic device application.