Abstract Purpose of Review The potential of nanotechnology and nanocomposites in
various sectors of research and application is promising and attracting increasing …

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

Liquid–liquid phase separation (LLPS) of biopolymers has recently been shown to play a
central role in the formation of membraneless organelles with a multitude of biological …

The opportunistic pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a major cause of antibiotic-tolerant
infections in humans. P. aeruginosa evades antibiotics in bacterial biofilms by up-regulating …

Twisted structures are ubiquitous in plants and animals. Cellulose and chitin are natural
polymers that form the structural skeleton of various twisted systems observed across …

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

Integrating chromophores into chiral photonic crystals to fabricate materials that exhibit
circularly polarized luminescence (CPL) is promising as this method allows efficient …

The breakdown and buildup mechanisms in concentrated cellulose nanocrystal (CNC)
suspensions under shear and during relaxation upon cessation of shear were accessed by …

We showed large area uniformly aligned chiral photonic bioderived films from a liquid crystal
phase formed by a cellulose nanocrystal (CNC) suspension placed in a thin capillary. As a …

Liquid–liquid phase separation (LLPS) and liquid crystalline (LC) ordering are ubiquitous
phenomena in nature, in a variety of biomolecular solutions. Here, we review instances in …