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 …

Photonic structures designed at sub‐wavelength scales have emerged as a promising
avenue for various energy applications, including cooling devices, water harvesting …

To maintain comfortable indoor conditions, buildings consume~ 40% of the energy
generated globally. In terms of passively isolating building interiors from cold or hot …

Stimulus‐responsive materials that display circularly polarized luminescence (CPL) have
attracted great attention for application in chiral sensors and smart displays. However, due to …

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

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 …

Advanced multiplexing optical labels with multiple information channels provide a powerful
strategy for large‐capacity and high‐security information encryption. However, current …

Cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs) are one-dimensional, rod-like, anisotropic, renewable,
sustainable, and degradable polysaccharide-based materials with a high aspect ratio and …

Cellulose nanocrystal (CNC) derived from cellulose can form a liquid crystal film with bright
structural color by evaporative-induced self-assembly (EISA). As a new class of photonic …

Nowadays, more and more biomaterials have been studied to accelerate wound healing,
especially Bacterial Cellulose (BC). Besides ideal properties, pristine BC has been …