  Chiral degrees of freedom occur in matter and in electromagnetic fields and
constitute an area of research that is experiencing renewed interest driven by
recent observations of the chiral-induced spin selectivity (CISS) effect in
chiral molecules and engineered nanomaterials. The CISS effect underpins the
fact that charge transport through nanoscopic chiral structures favors a
particular electronic spin orientation, resulting in large room-temperature
spin polarizations. Observations of the CISS effect suggest opportunities for
spin control and for the design and fabrication of room-temperature quantum
devices from the bottom up, with atomic-scale precision. Any technology that
relies on optimal charge transport, including quantum devices for logic,
sensing, and storage, may benefit from chiral quantum properties. These
properties can be theoretically and experimentally investigated from a quantum
information perspective, which is presently lacking. There are uncharted
implications for the quantum sciences once chiral couplings can be engineered
to control the storage, transduction, and manipulation of quantum information.
This forward-looking perspective provides a survey of the experimental and
theoretical fundamentals of chiral-influenced quantum effects, and presents a
vision for their future roles in enabling room-temperature quantum
technologies.
