Materiales
Materiales
Solvent‐Guided Chiral Assemblies and Chemical Doping of OEG‐Functionalized Conjugated Polymers
18/07/2026 -
Solvent‐dependent aggregation pathways dictate whether conjugated polymers form chiral lyotropic liquid‐crystalline assemblies or achiral packed aggregates. Mapping solvent‐controlled β₁ and...
Spider Silk‐Inspired High‐Damping Liquid Crystal Elastomer Fibers Enabled by Semi‐Interpenetrating Networks
09/07/2026 -
Inspired by the β‐sheet nanocrystals in natural spider silk, we develop a high‐damping polycrystalline‐phase liquid crystal elastomer fiber enabled by a semi‐interpenetrating network. The...
Ordered Polar Topological Domains Enabling Giant Second‐Harmonic Generation in Ferroelectric Nematic Liquid Crystals
04/07/2026 -
Interfacial engineering stabilizes highly ordered polar topological domains in ferroelectric nematic liquid crystals, enabling a record SHG coefficient of 56.9 pm/V together with broadband nonlinear...
3D‐Printed Ultra‐Thin Solid Polymer Electrolytes with Superior Dielectric Properties for Wide Temperature Range All‐Solid‐State Batteries
04/07/2026 -
This work demonstrates an ultra‐thin, high‐dielectric composite solid polymer electrolyte fabricated via 3D printing, which leverages liquid‐crystal molecular design to enable highly stable and...
Low‐Temperature Visual Mechanical Sensing via Uniaxial Compression of Blue Phase Liquid Crystal Elastomer
23/06/2026 -
This work successfully prepares a high‐quality BPLCE flexible across −30°C∼60°C via a “full chain extension followed by cooling‐assisted assembly” strategy, which exhibits visual...
High‐Performance Flexible Pyroelectric Energy Harvesting System Enabled by Light‐Driven Thermomechanical Coupling in Liquid Crystal Elastomer (Adv. Mater. 35/2026)
23/06/2026 -
Light‐Driven Thermomechanical Pyroelectric Energy HarvestingThis cover shows a flexible composite material that can enhance pyroelectric performance through light‐driven thermomechanical coupling...
High Center‐of‐Mass, Multi‐Legged Soft Robots Powered by Geometrically Encoded Liquid Crystal Elastomer Arc Appendages
19/06/2026 -
Inspired by the octopus and the golden wheel spider, soft robots with liquid crystal elastomer arc fibers as appendages are fabricated to transcend surface constraints through an elevated center of...
MOF‐Induced Pore Confinement: A Strategy for Thermomechanically Robust and High‐Strength Liquid Crystal Elastomers
18/06/2026 -
Liquid crystal elastomers usually lose strength and actuation capability at elevated temperatures because orientational order diminishes and network relaxation accelerates above the isotropic...
Full Vectorial Field Sensing Using Liquid Crystal Droplet Arrays
09/06/2026 -
An inkjet‐printed liquid crystal droplet array enables compact, low‐cost, single‐shot sensing of the full vectorial light field. Within a single platform, it simultaneously retrieves intensity,...
Bioinspired 4D‐Printing Microwave Absorbers With Adaptive Programmable Switches via Morphable Percolation Networks and Resonant Models
05/06/2026 -
A programmable 4D‐printed thermal‐electromagnetic metadevice is presented to bridge environmental stimuli with structural and performance reconfigurations. Driven by alignment‐encoded liquid...
Actuation of Cell Layers in Three Dimensions
13/05/2026 -
ABSTRACTThe alignment of fibers and cells in living tissues affect their mechanical properties and functionality. In this context, one can draw an analogy between tissues and nematic liquid crystal...
Clustomesogen Showing Sub‐Zero Liquid Crystal Properties: Supramolecular Assembly Between Cs2[Mo6Ii8(OCOC2F5)6] and Hexaethylenoxide Containing Mesogenic Dimers
06/05/2026 -
Associating a red‐NIR phosphorescent octahedral hexanuclear molybdenum cluster compound with hexaethyleneoxide chains bearing mesogenic units on both ends leads to an emissive hybrid liquid crystal...
A Low‐Voltage Multi‐Band Tunable Smart Window for Self‐Adaptive Thermoregulation
04/05/2026 -
A low‐voltage, multi‐band modulated PDLC smart window is developed by incorporating WS2/WSe2 p–n heterojunction nanoparticles, which reduce saturation voltage by 35.1% and boost contrast ratio...
Electrically‐Tunable Scattering‐Reflection‐Transparency State Transition in Polymer Dispersed Oblique Helicoidal Cholesterics for Smart Window Application
28/04/2026 -
A polymer‐dispersed oblique helicoidal cholesteric liquid crystals (PD‐ChOH‐LCs) system is developed by integrating a UV‐curable monomer with ChOH‐LCs. The device enables...
3D‐Printed Dynamic Liquid Crystal Elastomer Composites with Adaptive Reconfiguration Showing Multimodal, Light‐Driven, Strider‐Inspired Locomotion at the Air–Water Interface
26/03/2026 -
Inspired by water striders, we have developed a light‐driven soft robot via 3D‐printing of dynamic liquid crystal elastomer (LCE) composites. By integrating carbon nanotubes as a photothermal...
Broadband Reflective Cholesteric Liquid Crystals for Low‐Blue Circularly Polarized Light Generation in the Visible Region
22/03/2026 -
By simple transformation and initiator‐free photopolymerization, a broadband reflection cholesteric liquid crystal (YMZ‐5) with blue‐selectivity was prepared. This material enables multicolour...
Touch‐Driven Bi‐Chiral Superstructures for Nested Encryption of Multiplexed Optical Information (Adv. Mater. 13/2026)
03/03/2026 -
Touch‐Driven Bi‐Chiral SuperstructuresIn their Research Article (DOI: 10.1002/adma.202513318), Peng Chen, Bing‐Yan Wei, Jianlin Zhao, Yan‐Qing Lu, and co‐workers report a touch‐driven...
