An overview on the properties and applications of polymer and inorganic planar 1D photonic
crystals fabricated from solution is provided here. In the last decades, photonic crystals …

The increasing demand for constructing ecological civilization and promoting socially
sustainable development has encouraged scientists to develop bioinspired materials with …

Photonic structures are building blocks for many optical applications in which light
manipulation is required spanning optical filtering, lasing, light emitting diodes, sensing and …

Water is closely linked with our life and pH monitoring is of great significance to
biochemistry, environment and industry. Herein, utilizing a controllable post-hydrolysis …

Polymer indicators are autonomous responsive materials that provide an optical signal of a
specific exposure in time. This review describes the different polymer systems utilized to …

Structural colors in nature have inspired the design of diverse photonic structures, which can
interact with light via interference, diffraction or scattering. Among them, responsive soft …

Solution processing of highly performing photonic crystals has been a towering ambition for
making them technologically relevant in applications requiring mass and large-area …

Abstract Distributed Bragg reflectors (DBRs) are primarily used in lasers and
telecommunications. Liquid film deposition of DBRs holds great promise for expanding their …

Liquid crystals are a vital component of modern photonics, and recent studies have
demonstrated the exceptional sensing properties of stimuli-responsive cholesteric liquid …

Photonic crystals (PCs) are promising as intelligent sensors for detection of volatile organic
compounds (VOCs) due to their visual identifiability, room-temperature operability and easy …