Beyond the visible: bioinspired infrared adaptive materials

J Yang, X Zhang, X Zhang, L Wang… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Infrared (IR) adaptation phenomena are ubiquitous in nature and biological systems. Taking
inspiration from natural creatures, researchers have devoted extensive efforts for developing …

Nanocellulose‐based functional materials: from chiral photonics to soft actuator and energy storage

P Lv, X Lu, L Wang, W Feng - Advanced Functional Materials, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Nanocellulose is currently in the limelight of extensive research from fundamental science to
technological applications owing to its renewable and carbon‐neutral nature, superior …

Light-driven bimorph soft actuators: design, fabrication, and properties

Y Chen, J Yang, X Zhang, Y Feng, H Zeng, L Wang… - Materials …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Soft robots that can move like living organisms and adapt to their surroundings are currently
in the limelight from fundamental studies to technological applications, due to their advances …

Photochromism into nanosystems: towards lighting up the future nanoworld

L Wang, Q Li - Chemical Society Reviews, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
The ability to manipulate the structure and function of promising nanosystems via energy
input and external stimuli is emerging as an attractive paradigm for developing …

Azobenzene-based solar thermal fuels: design, properties, and applications

L Dong, Y Feng, L Wang, W Feng - Chemical Society Reviews, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Development of renewable energy technologies has been a significant area of research
amongst scientists with the aim of attaining a sustainable world society. Solar thermal fuels …

Nature‐inspired emerging chiral liquid crystal nanostructures: from molecular self‐assembly to DNA mesophase and nanocolloids

L Wang, AM Urbas, Q Li - Advanced Materials, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
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 …

Bioinspired color-changing photonic polymer coatings based on three-dimensional blue phase liquid crystal networks

Y Yang, X Zhang, Y Chen, X Yang, J Ma… - … Applied Materials & …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Photonic polymer coatings that can adaptively respond to the constant changes of
surrounding environments are of profound significance for diverse applications such as …

Stimuli‐directing self‐organized 3D liquid‐crystalline nanostructures: from materials design to photonic applications

L Wang, Q Li - Advanced Functional Materials, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
3D photonic nanostructures with desirable functionalities in the visible light region and
beyond have been recently given vast and increasing attentions because of the ability to …

Double‐state anticounterfeiting labels based on light‐emitting polymer‐stabilized blue phase

R Duan, R Tang, Y Tong, D Zhao… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Anticounterfeit labels with multiple information‐carrying functions serve a critical role in
boosting security and minimizing counterfeit‐related losses, whose development remains …

3D chiral photonic nanostructures based on blue‐phase liquid crystals

Y Yang, L Wang, H Yang, Q Li - Small Science, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
3D photonic nanostructures with intrinsic chirality have recently entered the research
limelight due to their fundamental importance and potential technological applications. Blue …