Advanced functional liquid crystals

J Uchida, B Soberats, M Gupta, T Kato - Advanced Materials, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Liquid crystals have been intensively studied as functional materials. Recently, integration of
various disciplines has led to new directions in the design of functional liquid‐crystalline …

Liquid crystal-templated chiral nanomaterials: from chiral plasmonics to circularly polarized luminescence

X Zhang, Y Xu, C Valenzuela, X Zhang… - Light: Science & …, 2022 - nature.com
Chiral nanomaterials with intrinsic chirality or spatial asymmetry at the nanoscale are
currently in the limelight of both fundamental research and diverse important technological …

Benzothiazole derivatives-based supramolecular assemblies as efficient corrosion inhibitors for copper in artificial seawater: Formation, interfacial release and …

Z Liu, B Fan, J Zhao, B Yang, X Zheng - Corrosion Science, 2023 - Elsevier
Host-guest assemblies for β-cyclodextrin (β-CD) loaded with 2-mercaptobenzothiazole
(MBT) or 2-aminobenzothiazole (ABT) were constructed to distinguish their anticorrosive …

Photocontrollable Elongation Actuation of Liquid Crystal Elastomer Films with Well‐Defined Crease Structures

Y Huang, Y Xu, HK Bisoyi, Z Liu, J Wang… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Although liquid crystal elastomers (LCEs) have demonstrated various applications in
artificial muscles and soft robotics, their inherent flexibility and orientation‐dependent forces …

Advanced stimuli-responsive membranes for smart separation

T Huang, Z Su, K Hou, J Zeng, H Zhou… - Chemical Society …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Membranes have been extensively studied and applied in various fields owing to their high
energy efficiency and small environmental impact. Further conferring membranes with …

Fundamental properties of smart hydrogels for tissue engineering applications: A review

MUA Khan, GM Stojanović, MFB Abdullah… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Tissue engineering is an advanced and potential biomedical approach to treat patients
suffering from lost or failed an organ or tissue to repair and regenerate damaged tissues that …

A biomimetic closed-loop recyclable, long-term durable, extreme-condition resistant, flame-retardant nanocoating synthesized by reversible flocculation assembly

J Zhang, F Zeng, B Liu, Z Wang, X Lin, H Zhao… - Materials …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Flame-retardant coatings have attracted increasing attention in mitigating the fire threat of
flammable polymer materials. Their durable application inevitably provides high resistance …

Liquid crystal materials for biomedical applications

Z Zhang, X Yang, Y Zhao, F Ye, L Shang - Advanced Materials, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Liquid crystal is a state of matter being intermediate between solid and liquid. Liquid crystal
materials exhibit both orientational order and fluidity. While liquid crystals have long been …

Introducing dynamic bonds in light‐based 3D printing

G Zhu, HA Houck, CA Spiegel… - Advanced Functional …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Light‐based 3D printing has received significant attention due to several advantages
including high printing speed and resolution. Along with the development of new …

Multiple hydrogen bonding driven supramolecular architectures and their biomedical applications

Y Liu, L Wang, L Zhao, Y Zhang, ZT Li… - Chemical Society …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Supramolecular chemistry combines the strength of molecular assembly via various
molecular interactions. Hydrogen bonding facilitated self-assembly with the advantages of …