Animals can modify their body shape and/or color for protection, camouflage and
communication. This adaptability has inspired fabrication of actuators with structural color …

3D photonic nanostructures with intrinsic chirality have recently entered the research
limelight due to their fundamental importance and potential technological applications. Blue …

Photonic polymer coatings that can adaptively respond to the constant changes of
surrounding environments are of profound significance for diverse applications such as …

The blue phases are observed in highly chiral liquid crystalline compositions that nascently
organize into a three-dimensional, crystalline nanostructure. The periodicity of the unit cell …

Liquid crystal elastomers (LCEs) are programmable deformable materials that can respond
to physical fields such as light, heat, and electricity. Photothermal-driven LCE has the …

For centuries, humans have never stopped exploring the nature of light and manipulating it,
since light carries multiple information through its intrinsic wave‐particle dualism, including …

Colorful blue phase liquid crystal (BPLC) patterns have attracted wide research attention
owing to their intriguing and advantageous properties and promising applications. However …

Blue phase liquid crystals (BPLCs) are chiral mesophases with 3D order, which makes them
a promising template for doping nanoparticles (NPs), yielding tunable nanomaterials …

Blue‐phase liquid crystal (BPLC) lasers have received extensive attention and have
potential applications in sensors, displays, and anti‐counterfeiting, owing to their unique 3D …

Endowing advanced 3D photonic nanoarchitectures with dynamic controllability is currently
in the spotlight of soft‐matter photonics research. Herein, a well‐defined photopatterned …