Self-assembled architectures of soft matter have fascinated scientists for centuries due to
their unique physical properties originated from controllable orientational and/or positional …

Photonic actuators, serving as an emerging kind of intelligent stimuli‐responsive material,
can exhibit the abilities to change their structural colors/fluorescence and shapes under …

Cellulose nanocrystal (CNC)-based chiral nematic structure is widely used in stimulus
response and sensing. A popular area of research is enhancing the mechanical …

The preparation of multifunctionalized luminophores with full‐color emission based on an
identical core skeleton is a significative but challenging research topic. In this work, eight …

Animals can modify their body shape and/or color for protection, camouflage and
communication. This adaptability has inspired fabrication of actuators with structural color …

Cellulose nanocrystal (CNC) based optical devices with adjustable schemochrome have
attracted immense interest. However, most of the previously reported structural colored CNC …

The development and design of multifunctional, intelligent, miniaturized, and integrated
materials and devices is a prominent trend in future society. As a renewable resource …

Chameleon skin is naturally adaptive and can sense environmental changes and transform
sensing into bioelectrical and optical signals by manipulating ion transduction and photonic …

Constructing and mimicking bioinspired structural color from bio-based materials has
aroused tremendous attention. Cellulose nanocrystals (CNC), a typical nanomaterial made …

Inspired by nature, humidity-responsive materials and devices have attracted significant
interest from scientists in multiple disciplines, ranging from chemistry, physics and materials …