Recent advances in binary colloidal crystals for photonics and porous material fabrication

Z Zhang, G Yi, P Li, X Zhang, Z Wan… - The Journal of …, 2021 - ACS Publications
In the past few years, binary colloidal crystals (BCCs) composed of both large and small
particles have attracted considerable attention from the scientific community as an exciting …

[HTML][HTML] Efficient colorimetric point-of-care detection and imaging of multiple biomolecules utilizing photonic liquid crystal composite on gold nanoisland thin films for …

HT Luh, CC Hsu, FL Chene, HC Chang, ST Hsieh… - AIP Advances, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
Accurate and timely identification of infections is crucial for effective treatment and
controlling disease spread. While single biomarkers have traditionally served diagnostic …

Theory and simulation of objects in liquid crystals

C Denniston - Advances in Physics: X, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Colloidal particles with anisotropic interactions are excellent candidates for synthetic
building blocks of self-assembled materials with desirable properties, such as a photonic …

Fréedericksz-like positional transition triggered by an external electric field

K Xiao, CX Wu - Frontiers and Progress of Current Soft Matter Research, 2021 - Springer
Microparticles (colloidal particles) of different shapes suspended in an anisotropic nematic
liquid crystal (NLC) host medium are important soft matter systems which behave quite …

Field-triggered vertical positional transition of a microparticle suspended in a nematic liquid crystal cell

K Xiao, X Chen, XZ Cao, CX Wu - Physical Review E, 2020 - APS
In this paper, based on the numerical calculation of total energy utilizing the Green's function
method, we investigate how a field-triggered vertical positional transition of a microparticle …