Self-assembled liquid crystal architectures for soft matter photonics

LL Ma, CY Li, JT Pan, YE Ji, C Jiang, R Zheng… - Light: Science & …, 2022 - nature.com
Self-assembled architectures of soft matter have fascinated scientists for centuries due to
their unique physical properties originated from controllable orientational and/or positional …

Smart windows: electro‐, thermo‐, mechano‐, photochromics, and beyond

Y Ke, J Chen, G Lin, S Wang, Y Zhou… - Advanced Energy …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
A smart window that dynamically modulates light transmittance is crucial for building energy
efficiently, and promising for on‐demand optical devices. The rapid development of …

Printable thermochromic hydrogel‐based smart window for all‐weather building temperature regulation in diverse climates

G Chen, K Wang, J Yang, J Huang, Z Chen… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Thermochromic smart windows are widely developed to modulate building energy
exchange to save building energy consumption. However, most smart windows have fixed …

Advances in 4D printing of liquid crystalline elastomers: materials, techniques, and applications

Z Guan, L Wang, J Bae - Materials Horizons, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Liquid crystalline elastomers (LCEs) are polymer networks exhibiting anisotropic liquid
crystallinity while maintaining elastomeric properties. Owing to diverse polymeric forms and …

Emerging thermal‐responsive materials and integrated techniques targeting the energy‐efficient smart window application

Y Ke, C Zhou, Y Zhou, S Wang… - Advanced Functional …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Architectural windows that smartly regulate indoor solar radiation by changing their optical
transmittance in response to thermostimuli are developed as a promising solution toward …

Hydrogel smart windows

Y Zhou, X Dong, Y Mi, F Fan, Q Xu, H Zhao… - Journal of Materials …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Smart windows are a promising way to modulate solar light transmittance, which is crucial
for energy saving buildings. Current challenges focus on designing hydrogel materials that …

Advanced liquid crystal-based switchable optical devices for light protection applications: principles and strategies

R Zhang, Z Zhang, J Han, L Yang, J Li, Z Song… - Light: Science & …, 2023 - nature.com
With the development of optical technologies, transparent materials that provide protection
from light have received considerable attention from scholars. As important channels for …

[HTML][HTML] Development of polymer-dispersed liquid crystals: From mode innovation to applications

H Zhang, Z Miao, W Shen - Composites Part A: Applied Science and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Polymer-dispersed liquid crystals (PDLCs), comprised of submicron-sized LC droplets
embedded in a continuous polymer matrix, have been the subject of interest for scientists …

Recent progress in liquid crystal‐based smart windows: materials, structures, and design

W Shen, G Li - Laser & Photonics Reviews, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
As the vital elements for building environments, windows are utilized to bring light as well as
thermal irradiation into the interior places and afford the medium for the communication …

Multispectral smart window: Dynamic light modulation and electromagnetic microwave shielding

R Zhang, Z Song, W Cao, G Gao, L Yang… - Light: Science & …, 2024 - nature.com
A novel multispectral smart window has been proposed, which features dynamic modulation
of light transmittance and effective shielding against electromagnetic microwave radiation …