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Cellulose-Based Reflective Liquid Crystal Films as Optical Filters and Solar Gain Regulators
Joshua A. De La Cruz, Qingkun Liu, Bohdan Senyuk +3
Many promising approaches for designing interactions of synthetic materials with light involve solid optical monocrystals and nanofabricated photonic crystal structures with spatia…
Aerogel from sustainably grown bacterial cellulose pellicle as thermally insulative film for building envelope
Blaise Fleury, Eldho Abraham, Joshua A. De La Cruz +7
Improving building energy performance requires the development of new highly insulative materials. An affordable retrofitting solution comprising a thin film could improve the resi…
Self-assembled nematic colloidal motors powered by light
Ye Yuan, Ghaneema N. Abuhaimed, Qingkun Liu +1
Biological motors are marvels of nature that inspire creation of their synthetic counterparts with comparable nanoscale dimensions, high efficiency and diverse functions. Molecular…
Elastic colloidal monopoles and reconfigurable self-assembly in liquid crystals
Ye Yuan, Qingkun Liu, Bohdan Senyuk +1
Monopole-like electrostatic interactions are ubiquitous in biology and condensed matter, but they are often screened by counter-ions and cannot be switched from attractive to repul…
Liquid crystal self-assembly of upconversion nanorods enriched by depletion forces for mesostructured material preparation
Yong Xie, Yuanyuan Li, Guoqing Wei +4
Monodisperse rod-like colloidal particles are known for spontaneously forming both nematic and smectic liquid crystal phases, but their self-assembly was typically exploited from t…
Repulsion-attraction switching of nematic colloids formed by liquid crystal dispersions of polygonal prisms
Bohdan Senyuk, Qingkun Liu, Philip D. Nystrom +1
Self-assembly of colloidal particles due to elastic interactions in nematic liquid crystals promises tunable composite materials and can be guided by exploiting surface functionali…