Fig. 8: Creations and modulations of photonic structures in BPLCs.
From: Self-assembled liquid crystal architectures for soft matter photonics

a Large single photonic crystal by a gradient-temperature scanning technique144. Adapted from ref. 144, with permission from Springer Nature: Nature communications. b Light-driven reconfiguration of biphasic micropatterns146. Reproduced from ref. 146, with permission from Wiley-VCH. c Mechanically deformed photonic structures in BPLCs147. Reproduced from ref. 147, with permission from Springer Nature: Nature communications