Precise control over molecular movement is of fundamental and practical importance in
physics, biology, and chemistry. At nanoscale, the peculiar functioning principles and the …

The illumination of azobenzene molecules with UV/visible light efficiently converts the
molecules between trans and cis isomerization states. Isomerization is accompanied by a …

Natural creatures have evolved elaborate photonic nanostructures on multiple scales and
dimensions in a hierarchical, organized way to realize controllable absorption, reflection, or …

In the past decades, antireflective (AR) materials have drawn more and more attention
owing to its promising and wide applications such as photovoltaic industry, optical devices …

Optical components made fully or partially from reconfigurable, stimuli‐responsive, soft
solids or fluids—collectively referred to as soft photonics—are poised to form the platform for …

In optical devices like diffraction gratings and Fresnel lenses, light wavefront is engineered
through the structuring of device surface morphology, within thicknesses comparable to the …

Luminescence is an essential signal for many plants, insects, and marine organisms to
attract the opposite sex, avoid predators, and so on. Most luminescent living organisms have …

Abstract Optical Fourier surfaces (OFSs), characterized by sinusoidally profiled diffractive
optical elements, can outperform traditional binary‐type counterparts by minimizing optical …

Holographic relief gratings can be fabricated directly on the surface of azobenzene-
containing materials (or simply azomaterials) without additional development steps. Despite …

Abstract Optical Fourier surfaces (OFSs) are used for various applications, from diffractive
optics to augmented reality (AR). However, the current methods of fabricating OFSs primarily …