Colloidal self-assembly approaches to smart nanostructured materials

Z Li, Q Fan, Y Yin - Chemical reviews, 2021 - ACS Publications
Colloidal self-assembly refers to a solution-processed assembly of nanometer-/micrometer-
sized, well-dispersed particles into secondary structures, whose collective properties are …

Stimuli‐responsive optical nanomaterials

Z Li, Y Yin - Advanced materials, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Responsive optical nanomaterials that can sense and translate various external stimuli into
optical signals, in the forms of observable changes in appearance and variations in spectral …

Responsive photonic crystals

J Ge, Y Yin - Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
This Review summarizes recent developments in the field of responsive photonic crystal
structures, including principles for design and fabrication and many strategies for …

Functional block copolymers: nanostructured materials with emerging applications

FH Schacher, PA Rupar… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Recent advances in polymer synthesis have significantly enhanced the ability to rationally
design block copolymers with tailored functionality. The self‐assembly of these …

Advances in functional solution processed planar 1D photonic crystals

P Lova, G Manfredi, D Comoretto - Advanced Optical Materials, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
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 …

Recent advances in block copolymer Self‐Assembly for the fabrication of photonic films and pigments

Z Wang, CLC Chan, TH Zhao… - Advanced optical …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The self‐assembly of block copolymers (BCPs) into photonic materials has drawn significant
attention due to the flexibility and diversity of the building blocks that can be synthesized …

Creation of nanotips on ITO electrode by nanoparticle deposition: an easy way to enhance the performance of electrically responsive photonic crystal and fabricate …

W Yu, Y Zhao, W Sheng, J Ge - Advanced Functional Materials, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Electrically responsive photonic crystals (ERPC) are promising materials for electrophoretic
displays, smart windows, and tunable optical devices. However, the high working voltage …

Inkjet printing based mono-layered photonic crystal patterning for anti-counterfeiting structural colors

H Nam, K Song, D Ha, T Kim - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
Photonic crystal structures can be created to manipulate electromagnetic waves so that
many studies have focused on designing photonic band-gaps for various applications …

Bioinspired Dynamically Switchable PANI/PS‐b‐P2VP Thin Films for Multicolored Electrochromic Displays with Long‐Term Durability

D Zhang, J Wang, Z Tong, H Ji… - Advanced Functional …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Electrochromism has attracted wide attention as futuristic adaptive camouflage technologies
due to its reversible and sustainable optical modulation with low energy consumption …

25th anniversary article: ordered polymer structures for the engineering of photons and phonons

JH Lee, CY Koh, JP Singer, SJ Jeon… - Advanced …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
The engineering of optical and acoustic material functionalities via construction of ordered
local and global architectures on various length scales commensurate with and well below …