As the vital elements for building environments, windows are utilized to bring light as well as
thermal irradiation into the interior places and afford the medium for the communication …

Blue phase (BP) liquid crystals are chiral fluids wherein millions of molecules self-assemble
into cubic lattices that are on the order of hundred nanometers. As the unit cell sizes of BPs …

Photonic polymer coatings that can adaptively respond to the constant changes of
surrounding environments are of profound significance for diverse applications such as …

Polymer-stabilized liquid crystals (PSLCs) are multi-functional materials consisting of
polymer networks in a continuous phase of liquid crystals (LCs), of which polymer networks …

3D photonic nanostructures with intrinsic chirality have recently entered the research
limelight due to their fundamental importance and potential technological applications. Blue …

The self‐assembling properties of liquid crystal (LC) are ideal for realizing switchable optical
components. The director organization is strongly determined by the alignment at the …

Colorful blue phase liquid crystal (BPLC) patterns have attracted wide research attention
owing to their intriguing and advantageous properties and promising applications. However …

Liquid crystalline blue phase (BP) with 3D cubic nanostructure has attracted much interest in
the fields of photonic crystals due to their unique optical properties and the ability to control …

The capability of liquid crystals (LCs), that instantaneously modulate their physical and
chemical properties in response to a target stimulus, found a killer application of liquid …

Biomaterials, which are substances interacting with biological systems, have been
extensively explored to understand living organisms and obtain scientific inspiration (such …