In recent years, light‐driven soft actuators have been rapidly developed as enablers in the
fabrication of artificial robots and biomimetic devices. However, it remains challenging to …

The ability of some animals to rapidly change their colors can greatly improve their chances
of escaping predators or hunting prey. A classic example is cephalopods, which can rapidly …

Photoinduced transitions between the solid, glass, and liquid states based on molecular
photoswitches promise a wide variety of applications. Photoswitchable adhesives are …

Developing circularly polarized luminescence (CPL)-active materials with a large
luminescence dissymmetry factor (g lum) or stimulus responses has evoked a lot of interest …

There is still significant room for improvement when combining structural color with
fluorescence patterns in dual anti-counterfeiting and dynamic anti-counterfeiting labels. In …

Thanks to the non-destructiveness and spatial-controllability of light, photoswitchable
fluorescent polymers (PFPs) have been successfully applied in advanced anti-counterfeiting …

Composite colors have been widely found in nature. Herein, polymer-stabilized cholesteric
liquid crystal (PSCLC) films with composite structural colors were prepared through a one …

The development of multimode photopatterning systems based on supramolecular
coordination complexes (SCCs) is considerably attractive in supramolecular chemistry and …

The development of an integrated material system capable of effectively organizing and
combining multisource information, such as dynamic pigmentary, structural, and fluorescent …

The ability of light to remotely control the properties of soft matter materials in a dynamic
fashion has fascinated material scientists and photochemists for decades. However, only …