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 …

Responsive photonic crystals have attracted significant attention in fundamental scientific
research and technological applications. Upon applying external stimuli, such as …

Naturally‐sourced cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs) are elongated, birefringent nanoparticles
that can undergo cholesteric self‐assembly in water to produce vibrant, structurally colored …

Cellulose nanocrystal (CNC) suspensions self-assembled into chiral nematic liquid crystals.
This property has enabled the development of versatile optical materials with fascinating …

Chiral photonic crystals derived from the self-assembly of cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs)
have found important applications in optical devices due to the capacity to adjust the chiral …

We report on the formation of water-in-water liquid crystal emulsions with permeable
colloidal assemblies. Rodlike cellulose nanocrystals (CNC) spontaneously self-assemble …

The iridescence displayed by films made from cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs) has long been
the subject of fundamental research. This has expanded our understanding of colloidal self …

Here, we describe the all-aqueous bicontinuous emulsions with cholesteric liquid crystal
domains through hierarchical colloidal self-assembly of nanoparticles. This is achieved by …

Conspectus Cellulose is widely distributed in nature and imparts structural integrity and
mechanical support to the cell walls of plants, algae, and some bacteria. It has gained …

Patterned micro/nanomaterials display efficient light management capabilities owing to their
control of light propagation within multiscale periodic structures. Here a hierarchical …