Infrared (IR) adaptation phenomena are ubiquitous in nature and biological systems. Taking
inspiration from natural creatures, researchers have devoted extensive efforts for develo** …

Flavylium compounds are a well-known family of pigments because they are prevalent in the
plant kingdom, contributing to colors over a wide range from shades of yellow-red to blue in …

Recent years have witnessed tremendous progress and developments of the
photoswitchable spiropyran-based polymers, owing to distinctive and particular …

Nanoparticle-based therapeutics and diagnostics are commonly referred to as
nanomedicine and may significantly impact the future of healthcare. However, the clinical …

The clinical applications of currently used photosensitizers are limited by high costs,
inconvenient preparation, suboptimal biodegradability, and a lack of biological activity …

Nanoparticle assembly has been proposed as an ideal means to program the hierarchical
organization of a material by using a selection of nanoscale components to build the entire …

Self-assembly of colloidal nanoparticles (NPs) into superstructures offers a flexible and
promising pathway to manipulate the nanometer-sized particles and thus make full use of …

Oriented semiconductor nanostructures and thin films exhibit many advantageous
properties, such as directional exciton transport, efficient charge transfer and separation …

From a geometrical perspective, a chiral object does not have mirror planes or inversion
symmetry. It exhibits the same physical properties as its mirror image (enantiomer), except …

Hierarchical materials that exhibit order over multiple length scales are ubiquitous in nature.
Because hierarchy gives rise to unique properties and functions, many have sought …