The rich structures and hierarchical organizations in nature provide many sources of
inspiration for advanced material designs. We wish to recapitulate properties such as high …

Nanocellulose is currently in the limelight of extensive research from fundamental science to
technological applications owing to its renewable and carbon‐neutral nature, superior …

The research of functional magnetic materials has become a hot topic in the past few years
due to their fast, long‐range, and precise response in diverse environments. Functional …

Bacterial cellulose (BC) is an extracellular polymer produced by Komagateibacter xylinus,
which has been shown to possess a multitude of properties, which makes it innately useful …

Liquid crystals (LCs), as a promising branch of highly-sensitive, quick-response, and low-
cost materials, are widely applied to the detection of weak external stimuli and have …

Cholesteric liquid crystals (CLCs) are a major class of photonic materials that display
selective reflection properties arising from their helical ordering. The temperature response …

Since decades, the field of wound healing has gained immense attention from the
researchers worldwide. The ultimate goal is to develop effective techniques that can speed …

Cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs) possess the ability to form helical periodic structures that
generate structural colors. Due to the helicity, such self‐assembled cellulose structures …

One of the grand current research challenges is to improve the energy efficiency of
residential and commercial buildings, which cumulatively consume more than 40% of the …

Cellulose is the most abundant and renewable polymer resource in the biosphere and is
characterized by low cost, non-toxicity, and biodegradability. As suspensions can form chiral …