X.W.thanks the funding support from the startup fund of the Ohio State University(OSU)and OSU Institute for Materials Research Kickstart Facility Grant.S.Č.and U.T.acknowledge support by Slovenian Research Agency(ARRS)under contracts(Nos.P1-0099,P1-0055,and J1-2457).
Magnetocontrollable droplet mobility on surfaces of both solids and simple fluids have been widely used in a wide range of applications.However,little is understood about the effect of the magnetic field on the wettab...
the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.51973007 and 51673008);the Beijing Natural Science Foundation of China(No.2192030);the National Key R&D Program of China(No.2018YFB0703703).
Liquid crystal-nanoparticle composite systems have attracted particular attention for both academic interests and applications in inducing macroscopic alignment,altering electro-optic response of the liquid crystal ho...
Excellent electro-optical (E-O) performances are essential for high-quality reflective cholesteric liquid crystal (LC) displays, but are often limited by the high driving voltages required by these displays. Dispe...
The chiral nematic liquid crystalline phase (CNLCP) of noble metal nanorods induces a strong chiroptical response due to their intrinsic physical and chemical properties. Here, we demonstrate that the formation of C...
This work was mainly supported by National Basic Research Program of China (No.2014CB931802),the Major Project of International Cooperation of the Ministry of Science and Technology (No.2013DFB50340),National Natural Science Foundations of China (Nos.51272012,21471013,51532001,51333001,51173003,51402006 and 51303007),the Major Program of Chinese Ministry of Education (No.313002),the Beijing Natural Science Foundation (No.2163052) and China Postdoctoral Science Foundation Funded Project (No.2015M570916).
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