Liquid crystals have been intensively studied as functional materials. Recently, integration of
various disciplines has led to new directions in the design of functional liquid‐crystalline …

Nanocomposites consisting of two-dimensional (2D) nanostructured fillers embedded in a
polymer matrix find ample opportunities to design multifunctional materials for new …

Chemical exfoliation of MAX phases into two-dimensional (2D) MXenes can be considered
as a major breakthrough in the synthesis of novel 2D systems. To gain insight into the …

Chirality and liquid crystals are both widely expressed in nature and biology. Helical
assembly of mesophasic molecules and colloids may produce intriguing chiral liquid …

Liquid crystals of anisotropic colloids are of great significance in the preparation of their
ordered macroscopic materials, for example, in the cases of carbon nanotubes and …

A wide variety of cation‐exchangeable layered transition metal oxides and their relatively
rare counterparts, anion‐exchangeable layered hydroxides, have been exfoliated into …

The formation of liquid crystals (LCs) is the most viable approach to produce macroscopic,
periodic self-assembled materials from oriented graphene sheets. Herein, we have …

We report on the controlled synthesis of single-crystal platelets of α-and β-Co (OH) 2 via
homogeneous precipitation using hexamethylenetetramine as a hydrolysis agent. The α-and …

Nature exploits self‐organization of soft materials in many ways, to produce cell membranes,
biopolymer fibers and viruses, to name just three. Mankind is now able to design materials at …

Focusing on layered compounds at the core of materials intercalation chemistry, this
reference comprehensively explores clays and other classes of materials exhibiting the …