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Stimuli-Responsive Antibacterial Materials: Molecular Structures, Design Principles, and Biomedical Applications

open access: yesAdvanced Science, 2022
Infections are regarded as the most severe complication associated with human health, which are urgent to be solved. Stimuli‐responsive materials are appealing therapeutic platforms for antibacterial treatments, which provide great potential for accurate
Wentao Liu, Xu-Ying Liu, Jinzhou Chen
exaly   +2 more sources

Stimuli-Responsive Drug Release from Smart Polymers

open access: yesJournal of Functional Biomaterials, 2019
Over the past 10 years, stimuli-responsive polymeric biomaterials have emerged as effective systems for the delivery of therapeutics. Persistent with ongoing efforts to minimize adverse effects, stimuli-responsive biomaterials are designed to release in ...
Jessica Jennings   +2 more
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Liquid crystal-based structural color actuators

open access: yesLight: Science & Applications, 2022
Liquid crystal-based actuators with structural color changes and the potential applications of these structural color actuators in soft robotic devices are reviewed.
Pei Zhang   +3 more
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Responsive Photonic Liquid Crystalline Flakes Produced by Ultrasonication

open access: yesAdvanced Photonics Research, 2021
Responsive materials that alter their color in response to environmental changes can be used as optical sensors. Chiral nematic liquid crystals are photonic materials that selectively reflect specific wavelengths of light and have been made ...
Jeroen A. H. P. Sol   +3 more
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Color–Tunable Triple–State “Smart” Window

open access: yesAdvanced Photonics Research, 2021
Materials that rapidly change their optical properties in response to external stimuli are crucial for displays and “smart” window applications. Herein, a fluorescent red dye modified with liquid crystal (LC) side chains is described to be interactive ...
Gilles H. Timmermans   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Direct Ink Writing of Anisotropic Luminescent Materials

open access: yesCrystals, 2022
Luminescent solar concentrators are relatively inexpensive devices proposed to collect, convert, and redirect incident (sun)light for a variety of potential applications.
Mattia Sabadin   +2 more
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Photo-responsive liquid crystal network-based material with adaptive modulus for haptic application

open access: yesScientific Reports, 2022
Artificially created tactile feedback is in high demand due to fast developments in robotics, remote control in medicine, virtual reality, and smart electronics. Despite significant progress, high-quality haptic feedback devices remain challenging mainly
Ievgen Kurylo   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Recent advances in solar infrared light regulating smart windows based on organic materials

open access: yesResponsive Materials, 2023
Windows serve the purpose of connecting room inhabitants with the outside environment, playing an important role in sustaining human health and well‐being. Windows also have a large impact on the lighting, heating, and cooling costs of indoor spaces.
Henk Sentjens   +3 more
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Tuning the Gas Separation Performances of Smectic Liquid Crystalline Polymer Membranes by Molecular Engineering

open access: yesMembranes, 2022
The effect of layer spacing and halogenation on the gas separation performances of free-standing smectic LC polymer membranes is being investigated by molecular engineering.
Joey Kloos   +5 more
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Dual Thermal-/Electrical-Responsive Luminescent ‘Smart’ Window

open access: yesApplied Sciences, 2020
As buildings are a large energy user, it is important to not only reduce their consumption, but also have them generate their own electricity. Here, we describe a smart window that could reduce electricity consumption, normally used for air conditioning ...
Gilles H. Timmermans   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

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