Light-driven phenomena both in living systems and nonliving materials have enabled truly
fascinating and incredible dynamic architectures with terrific forms and functions. Recently …

Lasers are now extensively used in a multitude of optical devices and photonic systems
spanning from sensing, communication, entertainment, medical surgery to military …

Adding colloidal nanoparticles into liquid‐crystal media has become a promising pathway
either to enhance or to introduce novel properties for improved device performance. Here …

Polymer‐stabilized blue phase liquid crystal (PS‐BPLC) is emerging as a promising
candidate for next‐generation photonic applications due to its attractive features: nano …

We investigated the optical and thermal actuation behavior of densely cross-linked
photoresponsive polymer (PRP) and polymer nanocomposites containing gold …

Hybrid materials built of spherical gold nanoparticles with three different sizes covered with
(pro) mesogenic molecules have been prepared. Small-angle X-ray diffraction studies …

The synthesis and properties of macrocyclic structures have attracted continuous attention
since the cyclic topology effect may offer unique performances. As is well-known, the …

This work demonstrates a noninvasive approach to control alignment of liquid crystals
persistently and reversibly at fluid interfaces by using a photoresponsive azobenzene …

This chapter describes recent developments of photochromic gels in the fields of stimuli‐
responsive soft materials. In most cases, the reactivity of the photochromic chromophores in …

Gold nanorods (GNRs) modified with functional molecules are useful in chemical and
biological sensing. In this work, the extinction spectrum of purified GNRs prepared by seed …