The prediction of the fatigue life of polymer film substrates under cyclic bending plays an
important role in designing durable flexible devices. Here, the fatigue life of bending polymer …

Wavelength-tunable structural colors using stimuli-responsive materials, such as chiral
liquid crystals (CLCs), have attracted increasing attention owing to their high functionality in …

The advance of topological photonics has heralded a revolution for manipulating light as
well as for the development of novel photonic devices such as topological insulator lasers …

Cholesteric liquid crystal elastomers (CLCEs) can change structural colour in response to
mechanical stimuli, which can be applied as sensors and optical devices. Thus, the facile …

Three-dimensional (3D) sensors selectively measure the applied force in a particular
direction through the designed shape. However, such a fixed sensor design incurs a …

The reversible modulation of the handedness of circularly polarized luminescence (CPL) is
highly important for anti-counterfeiting, flexible displays, and encrypted transmission …

Flexible electronic devices composed of soft materials, such as polymers and elastomers,
require high mechanical durability to maintain their performance during cyclic bending …

The characteristics of the host in a liquid-crystal laser that enable it to emit light are of critical
importance in determining the potential applications of such devices. The incorporation of …

The analysis of the bending strain at the interface of layered polymer films is significant in
the design of flexible electronic devices because conductive materials placed on the …

Liquid crystal elastomers (LCEs) are a class of materials where liquid crystalline order and
rubber elasticity combine to yield interesting properties. 1 These elastomers can exhibit a …