Polymer-based responsive structural color materials

H Wang, H Zhang, Z Chen, Y Zhao, Z Gu… - Progress in Materials …, 2023 - Elsevier
Polymer-based responsive structural color materials are polymers with ordered
microstructures that can change colors. They offer unique advantages and present a novel …

Nanocellulose‐based functional materials: from chiral photonics to soft actuator and energy storage

P Lv, X Lu, L Wang, W Feng - Advanced Functional Materials, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Nanocellulose is currently in the limelight of extensive research from fundamental science to
technological applications owing to its renewable and carbon‐neutral nature, superior …

An adaptive multispectral mechano-optical system for multipurpose applications

L Liang, R Yu, SJH Ong, Y Yang, B Zhang, G Ji, ZJ Xu - ACS nano, 2023 - ACS Publications
Mechano-optical systems with on-demand adaptability and a broad spectrum from the
visible to microwave are critical for complex multiband electromagnetic (EM) applications …

Three‐dimensional electrochromic soft photonic crystals based on MXene‐integrated blue phase liquid crystals for bioinspired visible and infrared camouflage

X Zhang, Y Yang, P Xue, C Valenzuela… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Developing bioinspired camouflage materials that can adaptively change color in the visible
and infrared (IR) regions is an intriguing but challenging task. Herein, we report an emerging …

Functional textiles with smart properties: their fabrications and sustainable applications

Y Zhang, X Xia, K Ma, G Xia, M Wu… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Benefiting from inherent lightweight, flexibility, and good adaptability to human body,
functional textiles are attracting tremendous attention to cope with wearable issues in …

Photochromism from wavelength-selective colloidal phase segregation

J Zheng, J Chen, Y Jin, Y Wen, Y Mu, C Wu, Y Wang… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Phase segregation is ubiquitously observed in immiscible mixtures, such as oil and water, in
which the mixing entropy is overcome by the segregation enthalpy,–. In monodispersed …

Reconfiguration, camouflage, and color‐shifting for bioinspired adaptive hydrogel‐based millirobots

X Du, H Cui, T Xu, C Huang, Y Wang… - Advanced Functional …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Nature provides much inspiration for developing soft millirobots. However, compared with
smart and adaptations of lives in nature, these robotic systems still suffer from insufficiency of …

Thermal camouflaging MXene robotic skin with bio‐inspired stimulus sensation and wireless communication

K Li, Z Li, Z Xiong, Y Wang, H Yang… - Advanced Functional …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Cephalopod skin, which is capable of dynamic optical camouflage, environmental
perceptions, and herd communication, has long been a source of bio‐inspiration for …

Biological material interfaces as inspiration for mechanical and optical material designs

J Ren, Y Wang, Y Yao, Y Wang, X Fei, P Qi… - Chemical …, 2019 - ACS Publications
The extraordinary properties of biological materials often result from their sophisticated
hierarchical structures. Through multilevel and cross-scale structural designs, biological …

Diffusiophoresis-enhanced Turing patterns

BM Alessio, A Gupta - Science Advances, 2023 - science.org
Turing patterns are fundamental in biophysics, emerging from short-range activation and
long-range inhibition processes. However, their paradigm is based on diffusive transport …