Smart soft materials are envisioned to be the building blocks of the next generation of
advanced devices and digitally augmented technologies. In this context, liquid crystals (LCs) …

Liquid crystals (LCs) are omnipresent in living matter, whose chirality is an elegant and
distinct feature in certain plant tissues, the cuticles of crabs, beetles, arthropods, and …

Topological insulators are materials that conduct on the surface and insulate in their interior
due to non-trivial topology of the band structure. The edge states on the interface between …

The transition from the current “linear” economy to a “circular” economy with a strong focus
on the recovery and reuse of materials and resources undoubtedly necessitates efficient and …

Liquid crystalline phases of matter often exhibit visually stunning patterns or textures. Mostly,
these liquid crystal (LC) configurations are uniquely determined by bulk LC elasticity …

Nanoporous media exhibit structures significantly smaller than the wavelengths of visible
light and can thus act as photonic metamaterials. Their optical functionality is not determined …

Recently, exploring the valley degree of freedom in photonic crystals has attracted
considerable attentions since it opens up the possibility of extending valleytronics to optics …

Disklike molecules with aromatic cores spontaneously stack up in linear columns with high,
one-dimensional charge carrier mobilities along the columnar axes, making them prominent …

Photonic crystals (PCs) have recently attracted considerable attention, with much effort
devoted to photonic bandgap (PBG) control for varying the reflected color. Here, fabrication …

A lamellar liquid crystal (LC) phase of certain bent-core mesogenic molecules can be grown
in a manner that generates a single chiral helical nanofilament in each of the cylindrical …