Traditional photonic sensing based on the change of balanced reflection of photonic structures can hardly distinguish chemical species with similar refractive indices. Here a sensing method based on ...

For the first time, scientists have observed the formation of a crystal gel with particle-level resolution, allowing them to study the conditions by which these new materials form. Scientists at the ...

Researchers report a liquid crystal gel capable of generating underwater movement in response to light. The locomotion of soft-bodied aquatic organisms, such as sea slugs and snails, has inspired ...

Viscoelastic phase separation of colloidal suspensions can be interrupted to form gels either by glass transition or by crystallization. With a new confocal microscopy protocol, we follow the entire ...