Polymer-based responsive structural color materials are polymers with ordered
microstructures that can change colors. They offer unique advantages and present a novel …

This review gives an overview of recent advances in the potential applications of
superhydrophobic materials. Such properties are characterized by extremely high water …

Proton-conducting materials play a central role in many renewable energy and
bioelectronics technologies, including fuel cells, batteries and sensors. Thus, much research …

Many materials in nature change colours in response to stimuli, making them attractive for
use as sensor platform. However, both natural materials and their synthetic analogues lack …

Natural creatures have evolved elaborate photonic nanostructures on multiple scales and
dimensions in a hierarchical, organized way to realize controllable absorption, reflection, or …

Mechanochromic effects in structurally colored materials are the result of deformation‐
induced changes to their ordered nanostructures. Polymeric materials which respond in this …

Over millions of years of evolution, nature has mastered the manipulation of light and color
through the controlled arrangement of nanoscale structures.[1–3] Structural color is …

Optical components made fully or partially from reconfigurable, stimuli‐responsive, soft
solids or fluids—collectively referred to as soft photonics—are poised to form the platform for …

Modern polymer science increasingly requires precise control over macromolecular
structure and properties for engineering advanced materials and biomedical systems. The …

Multi-dimensional anti-counterfeiting technologies possess multiple color/pattern variations
under different conditions, opening up new avenues in information security. Herein, inspired …