Widespread concerns over the impact of human activity on the environment have resulted in
a desire to replace artificial functional materials with naturally derived alternatives. As such …

Polymer-based responsive structural color materials are polymers with ordered
microstructures that can change colors. They offer unique advantages and present a novel …

Endowing a cholesteric liquid crystal elastomer (CLCE) exhibiting a helicoidal nanostructure
with dynamically tailorable functionalities is of paramount significance for its emerging …

Self-assembled architectures of soft matter have fascinated scientists for centuries due to
their unique physical properties originated from controllable orientational and/or positional …

Chameleon skin is naturally adaptive and can sense environmental changes and transform
sensing into bioelectrical and optical signals by manipulating ion transduction and photonic …

Integrating optically active components into chiral photonic cellulose to fabricate circularly
polarized luminescent materials has transformative potential in disease detection …

Cholesteric liquid crystal elastomers (CLCEs) are unique anisotropic rubbers that can
change their structural color in response to various stimuli such as heat, chemicals, electric …

The optics of correlated disordered media is a conceptually rich research topic emerging at
the interface between the physics of waves in complex media and nanophotonics. Inspired …

Cellulose has sparked considerable interest in the advancement of biodegradable
functional materials owing to its abundant natural sources and exceptional biocompatibility …

Structural coloration is an intriguing phenomenon that exists widely in living creatures. A
genuine bionic design of artificial structural colors requires accommodating of molecular …