Gold nanorods: the most versatile plasmonic nanoparticles

J Zheng, X Cheng, H Zhang, X Bai, R Ai… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Gold nanorods (NRs), pseudo-one-dimensional rod-shaped nanoparticles (NPs), have
become one of the burgeoning materials in the recent years due to their anisotropic shape …

Colloidal self-assembly approaches to smart nanostructured materials

Z Li, Q Fan, Y Yin - Chemical reviews, 2021 - ACS Publications
Colloidal self-assembly refers to a solution-processed assembly of nanometer-/micrometer-
sized, well-dispersed particles into secondary structures, whose collective properties are …

Liquid crystal-templated chiral nanomaterials: from chiral plasmonics to circularly polarized luminescence

X Zhang, Y Xu, C Valenzuela, X Zhang… - Light: Science & …, 2022 - nature.com
Chiral nanomaterials with intrinsic chirality or spatial asymmetry at the nanoscale are
currently in the limelight of both fundamental research and diverse important technological …

Nanocellulose‐based functional materials: from chiral photonics to soft actuator and energy storage

P Lv, X Lu, L Wang, W Feng - Advanced Functional Materials, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Nanocellulose is currently in the limelight of extensive research from fundamental science to
technological applications owing to its renewable and carbon‐neutral nature, superior …

Functional materials from nanocellulose: utilizing structure–property relationships in bottom‐up fabrication

K De France, Z Zeng, T Wu, G Nyström - Advanced Materials, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
It is inherently challenging to recapitulate the precise hierarchical architectures found
throughout nature (such as in wood, antler, bone, and silk) using synthetic bottom‐up …

Topological steering of light by nematic vortices and analogy to cosmic strings

C Meng, JS Wu, II Smalyukh - Nature Materials, 2023 - nature.com
Liquid crystals are widely known for their technological uses in displays, electro-optics,
photonics and nonlinear optics, but these applications typically rely on defining and …

Chiral Au nanorods: synthesis, chirality origin, and applications

S Wang, X Liu, S Mourdikoudis, J Chen, W Fu, Z Sofer… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Chiral Au nanorods (c-Au NRs) with diverse architectures constitute an interesting
nanospecies in the field of chiral nanophotonics. The numerous possible plasmonic …

Biopolymeric photonic structures: design, fabrication, and emerging applications

R **ong, J Luan, S Kang, C Ye… - Chemical Society …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Biological photonic structures can precisely control light propagation, scattering, and
emission via hierarchical structures and diverse chemistry, enabling biophotonic …

Naturally-derived biopolymer nanocomposites: Interfacial design, properties and emerging applications

R **ong, AM Grant, R Ma, S Zhang… - Materials Science and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Naturally derived materials with hierarchical organization are attractive candidates for high-
performance and functional bionanocomposites because of their renewability …

Cellulose nanocrystal based multifunctional nanohybrids

E Lizundia, D Puglia, TD Nguyen… - Progress in Materials …, 2020 - Elsevier
Cellulose nanocrystals (CNC) based nanohybrids are emerging as multifunctional materials
and alternative to traditional petroleum-based plastics. The growth in academic and …