Liquid crystals with a bent-core have revolutionized research in soft condensed matter chemistry and physics.
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1D nanostructures enable novel photonic devices in lieu of liquid crystal-based techniques
The ability to control the structural properties at the microscopic level in real-time allows the optical properties of the host medium to dynamically change .
Advanced Optical Materials – July Issue Covers
Check out the articles highlighted on the covers of the latest issue of Advanced Optical Materials.
Sticking electric vehicles
A broad range of adhesive tapes of tesa support for electric cars.
Impact of size and loading direction on the strength of architected lattice materials
Researchers from KIT show that the strength of polymer-alumina core-shell composite microlattices doubles when their size is scaled down by 50%.
Efficient radiative pumping of polaritons in a strongly coupled microcavity
This analysis demonstrated that the polariton states are most likely formed when the excited dye molecules in the cavity emit a photon, with this photon then directly exciting the photon-like part of the polariton.
A novel 14-chamber human body-on-a-chip device
Researchers describe a novel “body-on-a-chip” device that consists of 14 interconnected compartments, each representing a different organ of the human body.
Plasmon-mediated photocatalysis – Pd nanoparticles in a double role
Pd nanosheets function both as broadband light absorbers and as synthetic catalysts for the dehydrogenation of formic acid to hydrogen and oxygen.
Thermally switchable bottle-neck pores for antimicrobial dyes release
A prototype theranostic device based on thermally triggered release of a fluorescent antibiotic from polymer coated porous silicon films is developed.
Architectural control and process limitations of porous bioceramics
Researchers optimized then evaluated the reliability and robustness of a bioceramic manufacturing process based on the impregnation of 3D-printed mold.
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