Multiple-emulsion drops serve as versatile templates to design functional microcapsules due
to their core–shell geometry and multiple compartments. Microfluidics has been used for the …

Photonic materials with a periodic change of refractive index show unique optical properties
through wavelength-selective diffraction and modulation of the optical density of state, which …

Colloidal crystals are designed as photonic microparticles for various applications. However,
conventional microparticles generally have only one stopband from a single lattice constant …

Colloidal crystals have been tailored in a format of microspheres to use them as a building
block to construct macroscopic photonic surfaces. However, the polycrystalline grains grown …

Dye contamination in water poses a significant threat to public health and the environment.
Hence, numerous studies have attempted to develop new systems and materials for the …

Solar water evaporation techniques have attracted considerable interest due to their strong
potential to disrupt existing desalination systems. As the interfaical solar steam generation …

Photonic structures have wide applications in a variety of fields. Self-assembly of building
blocks, including block copolymers, homopolymers, liquid crystals, and colloidal particles …

Polymeric opal microparticles are an important class of emerging engineering materials and
have shown significant potential in a variety of applications ranging from anticounterfeit …

Liquid crystalline (LC) two-dimensional (2D) nanomaterials have been exploited for
designing exquisitely assembled structures or for reinforcing LC properties in a mix with …

There are few explorations that have integrated multiple properties into photonic
microobjects in a facile and controlled manner. In this work, we present a straightforward …