This review describes the use of breath figures as a templating method for the fabrication of
self‐assembled polymeric‐and nanoparticle‐based micro‐and nanostructures. If moist air is …

Solar light is widely recognized as one of the most valuable renewable energy sources for
the future. However, the development of solar‐energy technologies is severely hindered by …

Photonic bandgap crystals can reflect light for any direction of propagation in specific
wavelength ranges,,. This property, which can be used to confine, manipulate and guide …

We describe the self-assembly of biomimetic isotropic films which display structural color
amenable to potential applications in coatings. Isotropic structures can produce color if there …

Colloidal crystal-templating methods have been used to prepare inverse opal photonic
crystals of silica, mercaptopropyl-functionalized silica, titania, and zirconia. Ordered arrays of …

Research activity in chemical gas sensing is currently directed towards the search for highly
selective (bio) chemical layer materials, and to the design of arrays consisting of different …

The beauty of opals results from a densely packed, highly ordered arrangement of silica
spheres with a diameter of several hundred nanometers. Such ordered nanostructures are …

This review discusses strategies for the synthesis of three-dimensionally ordered
macroporous (3DOM) solids (inverse opals) by colloidal crystal templating. Compositions of …

Integrating nanoscale building blocks of low dimensionality (0D; ie, spheres) into higher
dimensional structures endows them and their corresponding materials with emergent …

Currently, supercapacitors (SCs) are considered to be one of the most promising energy
storage devices, mainly due to their unique properties such as high output power, long …