From colloidal particles to photonic crystals: advances in self-assembly and their emerging applications

Z Cai, Z Li, S Ravaine, M He, Y Song, Y Yin… - Chemical Society …, 2021‏ - pubs.rsc.org
Over the last three decades, photonic crystals (PhCs) have attracted intense interests thanks
to their broad potential applications in optics and photonics. Generally, these structures can …

Micro‐/nanostructured mechanical metamaterials

JH Lee, JP Singer, EL Thomas - Advanced materials, 2012‏ - Wiley Online Library
Mechanical properties of materials have long been one of the most fundamental and studied
areas of materials science for a myriad of applications. Recently, mechanical metamaterials …

Weyl points and line nodes in gyroid photonic crystals

L Lu, L Fu, JD Joannopoulos, M Soljačić - Nature photonics, 2013‏ - nature.com
Weyl points and line nodes are three-dimensional linear point and line degeneracies
between two bands. In contrast to two-dimensional Dirac points, which are their lower …

Three‐dimensional printing of elastomeric, cellular architectures with negative stiffness

EB Duoss, TH Weisgraber, K Hearon… - Advanced Functional …, 2014‏ - Wiley Online Library
Three‐dimensional printing of viscoelastic inks to create porous, elastomeric architectures
with mechanical properties governed by the ordered arrangement of their sub‐millimeter …

Progress report on phase separation in polymer solutions

F Wang, P Altschuh, L Ratke, H Zhang… - Advanced …, 2019‏ - Wiley Online Library
Polymeric porous media (PPM) are widely used as advanced materials, such as sound
dampening foams, lithium‐ion batteries, stretchable sensors, and biofilters. The functionality …

Perspective on photonic memristive neuromorphic computing

E Goi, Q Zhang, X Chen, H Luan, M Gu - PhotoniX, 2020‏ - Springer
Neuromorphic computing applies concepts extracted from neuroscience to develop devices
shaped like neural systems and achieve brain-like capacity and efficiency. In this way …

Architected lattices with high stiffness and toughness via multicore–shell 3D printing

J Mueller, JR Raney, K Shea, JA Lewis - Advanced Materials, 2018‏ - Wiley Online Library
The ability to create architected materials that possess both high stiffness and toughness
remains an elusive goal, since these properties are often mutually exclusive. Natural …

Three‐dimensional nanostructures for photonics

G Von Freymann, A Ledermann, M Thiel… - Advanced Functional …, 2010‏ - Wiley Online Library
Recent progress in direct laser writing of three‐dimensional (3D) polymer nanostructures for
photonics is reviewed. This technology has reached a level of maturity at which it can be …

Discovery of a diamond-based photonic crystal structure in beetle scales

JW Galusha, LR Richey, JS Gardner, JN Cha… - Physical Review E …, 2008‏ - APS
We investigated the photonic crystal structure inside iridescent scales of the weevil
Lamprocyphus augustus. By combining a high-resolution structure analysis technique …

The potential of diatom nanobiotechnology for applications in solar cells, batteries, and electroluminescent devices

C Jeffryes, J Campbell, H Li, J Jiao… - Energy & Environmental …, 2011‏ - pubs.rsc.org
The ability to produce low-cost, hierarchically-structured and nanopatterned inorganic
materials could potentially revolutionize the way we fabricate photovoltaic, energy storage …