Smart soft materials are envisioned to be the building blocks of the next generation of
advanced devices and digitally augmented technologies. In this context, liquid crystals (LCs) …

Energy‐efficient building materials are eye‐catching for reducing indoor energy
consumption via eliminating electromagnetic interference and pollution, controlling the …

Endowing artificial advanced materials and systems with biomimetic self‐regulatory
intelligence is of paramount significance for the development of somatosensory soft robotics …

Endowing a cholesteric liquid crystal elastomer (CLCE) exhibiting a helicoidal nanostructure
with dynamically tailorable functionalities is of paramount significance for its emerging …

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

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

Chiral nanomaterials with intrinsic chirality or spatial asymmetry at the nanoscale are
currently in the limelight of both fundamental research and diverse important technological …

Abstract Development of polymer-based smart materials, which can autonomously alter their
physical and/or chemical properties when exposed to external stimuli, is a thriving research …

With the aggravation of global warming and extreme weather, cooling demand has
witnessed a continuous increase and is expected to increase tenfold by 2050. Radiative sky …

Nanocellulose is currently in the limelight of extensive research from fundamental science to
technological applications owing to its renewable and carbon‐neutral nature, superior …