Liquid crystal-templated chiral nanomaterials: from chiral plasmonics to circularly polarized luminescence

X Zhang, Y Xu, C Valenzuela, X Zhang… - Light: Science & …, 2022 - nature.com
Chiral nanomaterials with intrinsic chirality or spatial asymmetry at the nanoscale are
currently in the limelight of both fundamental research and diverse important technological …

Liquid crystal materials for biomedical applications

Z Zhang, X Yang, Y Zhao, F Ye, L Shang - Advanced Materials, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Liquid crystal is a state of matter being intermediate between solid and liquid. Liquid crystal
materials exhibit both orientational order and fluidity. While liquid crystals have long been …

Circularly polarized luminescence in chiral orientationally ordered soft matter systems

J Liu, ZP Song, LY Sun, BX Li, YQ Lu… - Responsive …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Circularly polarized luminescent (CPL) materials have received significant attention in the
field of fundamental science recently. These materials offer substantial advancement of …

[HTML][HTML] Hydroxyapatite: a journey from biomaterials to advanced functional materials

S Mondal, S Park, J Choi, TTH Vu, VHM Doan… - Advances in Colloid and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Hydroxyapatite (HAp), a well-known biomaterial, has witnessed a remarkable
evolution over the years, transforming from a simple biocompatible substance to an …

Spontaneous interface healing by a dynamic liquid‐crystal transition for high‐performance perovskite solar cells

X Du, L Zhang, R Chen, J You, Y Ma, J Wang… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Low‐temperature solution processing of thin‐film semiconductors is more cost‐effective than
traditional vacuum processing; however, it leads to more defects during fast bulk …

[HTML][HTML] Lyotropic liquid crystals for parenteral drug delivery

VP Chavda, S Dawre, A Pandya, LK Vora… - Journal of Controlled …, 2022 - Elsevier
The necessity for long-term treatments of chronic diseases has encouraged the
development of novel long-acting parenteral formulations intending to improve drug …

Self-assembled discotics as molecular semiconductors

R De, SK Pal - Chemical Communications, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
With the advent of a new era of smart-technology, the demand for more economic
optoelectronic materials that do not compromise with efficiency is gradually on the rise …

One‐step manufacturing of supramolecular liquid‐crystal elastomers by stress‐induced alignment and hydrogen bond exchange

Y Fan, T Liu, Y Li, X Miao, B Chen… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Liquid‐crystal elastomers (LCEs) capable of performing large and reversible deformation in
response to an external stimulus are an important class of soft actuators. However, their …

Cooperative Liquid Crystal Photo‐Polymerization and‐Alignment with In Situ Monitoring for Substrate Independent Patterning of Optical Anisotropy

J Zhou, J Seo, Y Wu, CP Ambulo… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Spatial control over molecular order in polymeric systems will enable advancements in
healthcare and photonics, from soft actuators to data storage and encryption. Liquid …

Crystallization Regulation by Self‐Assembling Liquid Crystal Template Enables Efficient and Stable Perovskite Solar Cells

M Wu, H Wang, Y Li, R Chen, H Zhou… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
It is found that the disordered growth of bottom perovskite film deteriorates the buried
interface of perovskite solar cells (PSCs), so developing a new material to modify the buried …