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 …

Large-scale fabrication of structurally coloured cellulose nanocrystal films and effect pigments

BE Droguet, HL Liang, B Frka-Petesic, RM Parker… - Nature materials, 2022 - nature.com
Cellulose nanocrystals are renewable plant-based colloidal particles capable of forming
photonic films by solvent-evaporation-driven self-assembly. So far, the cellulose nanocrystal …

Deconstruction and reassembly of renewable polymers and biocolloids into next generation structured materials

BL Tardy, BD Mattos, CG Otoni, M Beaumont… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
This review considers the most recent developments in supramolecular and supraparticle
structures obtained from natural, renewable biopolymers as well as their disassembly and …

Structural color from cellulose nanocrystals or chitin nanocrystals: self-assembly, optics, and applications

B Frka-Petesic, TG Parton, C Honorato-Rios… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Widespread concerns over the impact of human activity on the environment have resulted in
a desire to replace artificial functional materials with naturally derived alternatives. As such …

Current international research into cellulose as a functional nanomaterial for advanced applications

SJ Eichhorn, A Etale, J Wang, LA Berglund, Y Li… - Journal of Materials …, 2022 - Springer
This review paper provides a recent overview of current international research that is being
conducted into the functional properties of cellulose as a nanomaterial. A particular …

Functional materials from nanocellulose: utilizing structure–property relationships in bottom‐up fabrication

K De France, Z Zeng, T Wu, G Nyström - Advanced Materials, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
It is inherently challenging to recapitulate the precise hierarchical architectures found
throughout nature (such as in wood, antler, bone, and silk) using synthetic bottom‐up …

Designing hybrid chiral photonic films with circularly polarized room-temperature phosphorescence

M Xu, X Wu, Y Yang, C Ma, W Li, H Yu, Z Chen, J Li… - Acs Nano, 2020 - ACS Publications
Circular polarized luminescence (CPL) is essential to chiral sciences and photonic
technologies, but the achievement of circular polarized room-temperature phosphorescence …

Nanocellulose: a review on preparation routes and applications in functional materials

Y Qi, Y Guo, AA Liza, G Yang, MH Sipponen, J Guo… - Cellulose, 2023 - Springer
Nanocellulose has a wide range of applications in the field of functional materials, and it has
piqued the interest of researchers for some time. This is because nanocellulose inherits the …

Biopolymeric photonic structures: design, fabrication, and emerging applications

R Xiong, J Luan, S Kang, C Ye… - Chemical Society …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Biological photonic structures can precisely control light propagation, scattering, and
emission via hierarchical structures and diverse chemistry, enabling biophotonic …