Next-generation structural materials are expected to be lightweight, high-strength and tough
composites with embedded functionalities to sense, adapt, self-repair, morph and restore …

Nanocellulose is currently in the limelight of extensive research from fundamental science to
technological applications owing to its renewable and carbon‐neutral nature, superior …

Widespread concerns over the impact of human activity on the environment have resulted in
a desire to replace artificial functional materials with naturally derived alternatives. As such …

With increasing environmental and ecological concerns due to the use of petroleum-based
chemicals and products, the synthesis of fine chemicals and functional materials from …

By controlling the interaction of biological building blocks at the nanoscale, natural photonic
nanostructures have been optimized to produce intense coloration. Inspired by such …

The fabrication of responsive photonic structures from cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs) that
can operate in the entire visible spectrum is challenging due to the requirements of precise …

Naturally derived biopolymers have attracted great interest to construct photonic materials
with multi-scale ordering, adaptive birefringence, chiral organization, actuation and …

Natural polysaccharides, derived from biomass feedstocks, marine resources, and
microorganisms, have been attracting considerable attention as benign and environmentally …

Nature provides numerous biomineral design inspirations for constructing structural
materials with desired functionalities. However, large‐scale production of damage‐tolerant …

As a nanoscale renewable resource derived from lignocellulosic materials, cellulose
nanocrystals (CNCs) have the features of high purity, high crystallinity, high aspect ratio …