Fig. 16: LCN with opal or inverse opal structures. | Light: Science & Applications

Fig. 16: LCN with opal or inverse opal structures.

From: Liquid crystal-based structural color actuators

Fig. 16

a Top: schematic illustration of the actuation and dynamic change of the lattice distance in the SiO2 opal/LCN composite films. Bottom: photographs of the reversible actuation and color change of the SiO2 opal/LCN composite film induced by temperature variation. Reproduced with permission87. Copyright 2016, American Chemical Society. b Schematic of the dual phase LCN photonic films (left) and photographs of finger action of a bionic hand based on the LC photonic films (right). Reproduced with permission91. Copyright 2018, Wiley-VCH

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