Noncovalent interactions, which usually feature tunable strength, reversibility, and
environmental adaptability, have been recognized as driving forces in a variety of biological …

The control of luminous radiation has extremely important implications for modern and future
technologies as well as in medicine. In this Review, we detail chemical structures and their …

Biosensors are extensively employed for diagnosing a broad array of diseases and
disorders in clinical settings worldwide. The implementation of biosensors at the point-of …

Templating with colloidal crystals composed of monodisperse spheres is a convenient
chemical method to obtain porous materials with well-ordered periodicity and …

Photonic crystals (PhCs) display photonic stop bands (PSBs) and at the edges of these
PSBs transport light with reduced velocity, enabling the PhCs to confine and manipulate …

Self-assembly of colloidal particles into ordered superstructures is an important strategy to
discover new materials, such as catalysts, plasmonic sensing materials, storage systems …

The colors of photonic crystals are based on their periodic crystalline structure. They show
clear advantages over conventional chromophores for many applications, mainly due to …

A scalable protocol for design and subsequent 3D‐printing of polymeric core‐shell‐particles
is reported. The particle synthesis by emulsion polymerization in starved‐feed mode is used …

Periodic structures with alternating refractive indices such as inverse opal photonic crystals
are capable of reducing the group velocity of light such that this slowed light can be more …

Photonic crystals (PCs) have attracted enormous research interest due to their unique light
manipulation and potential applications in sensing, catalysts, detection, displays, solar cells …