Dielectric‐based metamaterials for near‐perfect light absorption

BX Wang, X Qin, G Duan, G Yang… - Advanced Functional …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The emergence of metamaterials and their continued prosperity have built a powerful
working platform for accurately manipulating the behavior of electromagnetic waves …

Polymer-based responsive structural color materials

H Wang, H Zhang, Z Chen, Y Zhao, Z Gu… - Progress in Materials …, 2023 - Elsevier
Polymer-based responsive structural color materials are polymers with ordered
microstructures that can change colors. They offer unique advantages and present a novel …

Direct‐Ink‐Written Cholesteric Liquid Crystal Elastomer with Programmable Mechanochromic Response

J Choi, Y Choi, JH Lee, MC Kim, S Park… - Advanced Functional …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Cholesteric liquid crystal elastomers (CLCEs) are unique anisotropic rubbers that can
change their structural color in response to various stimuli such as heat, chemicals, electric …

Reversible Handedness Inversion and Circularly Polarized Light Reflection Tuning in Self‐Organized Helical Superstructures Using Visible‐Light‐Driven Macrocyclic …

H Wang, Y Tang, H Krishna Bisoyi, Q Li - Angewandte Chemie, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
A series of macrocyclic azobenzene‐based chiral photoswitches have been judiciously
designed, synthesized, and characterized. In the molecular structures, binaphthyl is …

[HTML][HTML] The design of dissipative molecular assemblies driven by chemical reaction cycles

B Rieß, RK Grötsch, J Boekhoven - Chem, 2020 - cell.com
The field of supramolecular chemistry and molecular self-assembly has entered a new
phase in which the use of chemical reactions to create out-of-equilibrium molecular …

Dynamically actuated soft heliconical architecture via frequency of electric fields

B Liu, CL Yuan, HL Hu, H Wang, YW Zhu… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Dynamic electric field frequency actuated helical and spiral structures enable a plethora of
attributes for advanced photonics and engineering in the contemporary era. Nevertheless …

Structural color materials from natural polymers

Z Zhang, Z Chen, L Shang… - Advanced Materials …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Structural color materials have existed in nature for millions of years. Natural polymers
constitute biological structural colors and provide an excellent resource for fabricating …

Facile anisotropic deswelling method for realizing large‐area cholesteric liquid crystal elastomers with uniform structural color and broad‐range mechanochromic …

R Kizhakidathazhath, Y Geng… - Advanced Functional …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Cholesteric liquid crystal elastomers (CLCEs) are soft and dynamic photonic elements that
couple the circularly polarized structural color from the cholesteric helix to the viscoelasticity …

Photoresponsive and polarization‐sensitive structural colors from cellulose/liquid crystal nanophotonic structures

PR Anusuyadevi, R Shanker, Y Cui… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs) possess the ability to form helical periodic structures that
generate structural colors. Due to the helicity, such self‐assembled cellulose structures …

Anisotropic fluid with phototunable dielectric permittivity

H Nishikawa, K Sano, F Araoka - Nature Communications, 2022 - nature.com
Dielectric permittivity, a measure of polarisability, is a fundamental parameter that dominates
various physical phenomena and properties of materials. However, it remains a challenge to …