Widespread concerns over the impact of human activity on the environment have resulted in
a desire to replace artificial functional materials with naturally derived alternatives. As such …

Biohydrogel–based flexible sensors have attracted enormous and growing attention for
personalized mobile equipment, human–machine interface units, wearable medical …

Designing a sustainable security model that carries multilevel information with numerous
optical states will significantly enhance anti‐counterfeiting abilities to deter counterfeits …

By controlling the interaction of biological building blocks at the nanoscale, natural photonic
nanostructures have been optimized to produce intense coloration. Inspired by such …

Over millions of years, animals and plants have evolved complex molecules and structures
that endow them with vibrant colors. Among the sources of natural coloration, structural color …

The fabrication of responsive photonic structures from cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs) that
can operate in the entire visible spectrum is challenging due to the requirements of precise …

Sensors and biosensors play a key role as an analytical tool for the rapid, reliable, and early
diagnosis of human diseases. Such devices can also be employed for monitoring …

Inspired by nature, humidity-responsive materials and devices have attracted significant
interest from scientists in multiple disciplines, ranging from chemistry, physics and materials …

Cellulose, as the most abundant natural polysaccharide, is an excellent material for
develo** green humidity sensors, especially due to its humidity responsiveness as a …

Liquid crystals play an important role in biology because the combination of order and
mobility is a basic requirement for self-organisation and structure formation in living systems …