Organic–inorganic hybrid nanomaterials are an important class of functional materials that
find applications in many areas. Cooperative self-assembly of inorganic nanoparticles and …

Colloidal particles show interaction with electromagnetic radiation at optical frequencies. At
the same time clever colloid design and functionalization concepts allow for versatile particle …

Functional nanoparticles comprised of liquid metals, such as eutectic gallium indium (EGaIn)
and Galinstan, present exciting opportunities in the fields of flexible electronics, sensors …

Surface lattice resonances are optical resonances composed of hybridized plasmonic and
diffractive modes. These collective resonances occur in periodic arrays of plasmonic …

Reversible addition–fragmentation chain-transfer (RAFT) polymerization is a powerful tool
for the precise formation of macromolecular building blocks that can be used for the …

A series of diblock copolymers containing a biocompatible polyethylene glycol (PEG) block
and a thermoresponsive poly (N-vinyl caprolactam)(PNVCL) based block, were synthesized …

In this communication, we developed the first well-controlled Z-RAFT (RAFT= reversible
addition–fragmentation chain transfer) mediated polymerization-induced self-assembly …

Using two orthogonal external stimuli, programmable staged surface patterning and self‐
assembly of inorganic nanoparticles (NPs) was achieved. For gold NPs capped with end …

The zinc blend nonlinear crystal of zinc telluride (ZnTe) is currently one of the most
commonly used electro-optical material for terahertz (THz) probe and imaging. We report …

Growing interests have been received in metal‐polymer hybrid composites for their
combined features of metals and polymer. However, the detrimental incompatibility between …