Droplet microfluidics generates and manipulates discrete droplets through immiscible
multiphase flows inside microchannels. Due to its remarkable advantages, droplet …

Engineered by nature, biological entities are exceptional building blocks for biomaterials.
These entities can impart enhanced functionalities on the final material that are otherwise …

The self‐assembly of liquid crystals (LCs) is a fascinating method for controlling the
organization of discrete molecules into nanostructured functional materials. Although LCs …

Liquid crystals (LCs) with stimuli-responsive configuration transition and optical anisotropic
properties have attracted enormous interest in the development of simple and label-free …

For a series of phospholipid coated calamitic nematic liquid crystal droplets (5CB, 6CB, 7CB,
E7 and MLC7023) of diameter∼ 18 μm, the addition of chiral dopant leaves the sign of …

Conspectus The intrinsic molecular order of liquid crystals (LCs) and liquid crystalline
elastomers (LCEs) is the origin of their stimuli-responsive properties. The programmable …

An easy approach to pattern angular-independent, multicolor reflective coatings based on
cholesteric liquid-crystalline (CLC) particles is presented. CLC particles are fabricated by …

Liquid crystalline elastomer (LCE)‐based microparticles that can change shapes in
response to external stimuli are of great interest for potential applications such as artificial …

We demonstrate that polymeric films templated from liquid crystals (LCs) provide basic
design principles for the synthesis of mesoporous films with predetermined pore alignment …

Liquid‐crystalline polymer particles prepared by classical polymerization techniques are
receiving increased attention as promising candidates for use in a variety of applications …