Photonic crystals for chemical sensing and biosensing

C Fenzl, T Hirsch, OS Wolfbeis - … Chemie International Edition, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
This Review covers photonic crystals (PhCs) and their use for sensing mainly chemical and
biochemical parameters, with a particular focus on the materials applied. Specific sections …

Responsive photonic crystals

J Ge, Y Yin - Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
This Review summarizes recent developments in the field of responsive photonic crystal
structures, including principles for design and fabrication and many strategies for …

Block copolymer self-assembly for nanophotonics

M Stefik, S Guldin, S Vignolini, U Wiesner… - Chemical Society …, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
The ability to control and modulate the interaction of light with matter is crucial to achieve
desired optical properties including reflection, transmission, and selective polarization …

25th Anniversary article: What can be done with the Langmuir‐Blodgett method? Recent developments and its critical role in materials science

K Ariga, Y Yamauchi, T Mori, JP Hill - Advanced Materials, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
The Langmuir‐Blodgett (LB) technique is known as an elegant method for fabrication of well‐
defined layered structures with molecular level precision. Since its discovery the LB method …

Functional materials from cellulose‐derived liquid‐crystal templates

M Giese, LK Blusch, MK Khan… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs), known for more than 50 years, have attracted attention
because of their unique properties such as high specific strength and modulus, high surface …

Recent advances in the biomimicry of structural colours

AG Dumanli, T Savin - Chemical Society Reviews, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Nature has mastered the construction of nanostructures with well-defined macroscopic
effects and purposes. Structural colouration is a visible consequence of the particular …

Advances in bioinspired and multifunctional biomaterials made from chiral cellulose nanocrystals

H Hu, X Zhang, W Liu, Q Hou, Y Wang - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2023 - Elsevier
Constructing and mimicking bioinspired structural color from bio-based materials has
aroused tremendous attention. Cellulose nanocrystals (CNC), a typical nanomaterial made …

Structure, Synthesis, and Applications of TiO2 Nanobelts

Z Zhao, J Tian, Y Sang, A Cabot, H Liu - Advanced materials, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
TiO2 semiconductor nanobelts have unique structural and functional properties, which lead
to great potential in many fields, including photovoltaics, photocatalysis, energy storage, gas …