PMID- 34047461
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20210809
LR  - 20210809
IS  - 1613-6829 (Electronic)
IS  - 1613-6810 (Linking)
VI  - 17
IP  - 30
DP  - 2021 Jul
TI  - Chiral Photonic Liquid Crystal Films Derived from Cellulose Nanocrystals.
PG  - e2007306
LID - 10.1002/smll.202007306 [doi]
AB  - As a nanoscale renewable resource derived from lignocellulosic materials, 
      cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs) have the features of high purity, high 
      crystallinity, high aspect ratio, high Young's modulus, and large specific 
      surface area. The most interesting trait is that they can form the entire films 
      with bright structural colors through the evaporation-induced self-assembly 
      (EISA) process under certain conditions. Structural color originates from 
      micro-nano structure of CNCs matrixes via the interaction of nanoparticles with 
      light, rather than the absorption and reflection of light from the pigment. CNCs 
      are the new generation of photonic liquid crystal materials of choice due to 
      their simple and convenient preparation processes, environmentally friendly 
      fabrication approaches, and intrinsic chiral nematic structure. Therefore, 
      understanding the forming mechanism of CNCs in nanoarchitectonics is crucial to 
      multiple fields of physics, chemistry, materials science, and engineering 
      application. Herein, a timely summary of the chiral photonic liquid crystal films 
      derived from CNCs is systematically presented. The relationship of CNC, 
      structural color, chiral nematic structure, film performance, and applications of 
      chiral photonic liquid crystal films is discussed. The review article also 
      summarizes the most recent achievements in the field of CNCs-based photonic 
      functional materials along with the faced challenges.
CI  - (c) 2021 Wiley-VCH GmbH.
FAU - Duan, Chengliang
AU  - Duan C
AD  - State Key Laboratory of Pulp and Paper Engineering, Plant Fiber Research Center, 
      School of Light Industry and Engineering, South China University of Technology, 
      Guangzhou, CN510640, China.
FAU - Cheng, Zheng
AU  - Cheng Z
AD  - State Key Laboratory of Pulp and Paper Engineering, Plant Fiber Research Center, 
      School of Light Industry and Engineering, South China University of Technology, 
      Guangzhou, CN510640, China.
FAU - Wang, Bin
AU  - Wang B
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-8114-7236
AD  - State Key Laboratory of Pulp and Paper Engineering, Plant Fiber Research Center, 
      School of Light Industry and Engineering, South China University of Technology, 
      Guangzhou, CN510640, China.
FAU - Zeng, Jinsong
AU  - Zeng J
AD  - State Key Laboratory of Pulp and Paper Engineering, Plant Fiber Research Center, 
      School of Light Industry and Engineering, South China University of Technology, 
      Guangzhou, CN510640, China.
FAU - Xu, Jun
AU  - Xu J
AD  - State Key Laboratory of Pulp and Paper Engineering, Plant Fiber Research Center, 
      School of Light Industry and Engineering, South China University of Technology, 
      Guangzhou, CN510640, China.
FAU - Li, Jinpeng
AU  - Li J
AD  - State Key Laboratory of Pulp and Paper Engineering, Plant Fiber Research Center, 
      School of Light Industry and Engineering, South China University of Technology, 
      Guangzhou, CN510640, China.
FAU - Gao, Wenhua
AU  - Gao W
AD  - State Key Laboratory of Pulp and Paper Engineering, Plant Fiber Research Center, 
      School of Light Industry and Engineering, South China University of Technology, 
      Guangzhou, CN510640, China.
FAU - Chen, Kefu
AU  - Chen K
AD  - State Key Laboratory of Pulp and Paper Engineering, Plant Fiber Research Center, 
      School of Light Industry and Engineering, South China University of Technology, 
      Guangzhou, CN510640, China.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
PT  - Review
DEP - 20210528
PL  - Germany
TA  - Small
JT  - Small (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany)
JID - 101235338
RN  - 9004-34-6 (Cellulose)
SB  - IM
MH  - Cellulose
MH  - *Liquid Crystals
MH  - *Nanoparticles
MH  - *Nanostructures
MH  - Optics and Photonics
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - cellulose nanocrystals
OT  - chiral nematic
OT  - chiral photonic film
OT  - liquid crystal phase
OT  - structural color
EDAT- 2021/05/29 06:00
MHDA- 2021/08/10 06:00
CRDT- 2021/05/28 09:11
PHST- 2021/01/06 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2020/11/19 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2021/05/29 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2021/08/10 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2021/05/28 09:11 [entrez]
AID - 10.1002/smll.202007306 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Small. 2021 Jul;17(30):e2007306. doi: 10.1002/smll.202007306. Epub 2021 May 28.