Institution
Institute of Physical Chemistry
Recent research
- Materials & EnergyOpen access
Realignment of ferroelectric nematic by photoinduced electric field
Liquid crystal displays (LCDs) use thin pixels of a paraelectric nematic, confined between two glass plates with transparent indium tin oxide (ITO) electrodes. A voltage applied to the electrodes realigns the molecules, changing optical appearance of the pixel. Here, we demonstra...
- Engineering & TechnologyOpen access
Biohybrid actuators integrate living contractile cells with engineered materials, combining biological force generation with the structural and functional control offered by synthetic components. However, translating engineered muscle tissue into reproducible, high-performance bi...
- Engineering & Technology
Control of semiconductor surface morphology and wettability via nanosecond laser texturing
Efficient thermal management in modern compact electronics requires surfaces with controlled wettability and strong wicking capability. Although laser-textured silicon is widely studied for its optical response, its wetting and capillary transport properties remain less explored....
- Materials & Energy
Optical nonlinearity induced UV luminescence in sp2-bonded boron nitride films
Polytypism, arising from the different arrangements of successive two-dimensional (2D) atomic planes, strongly influences various physical properties of sp2-bonded layered boron nitrides (BNs), including optical nonlinearity and high-frequency light generation through upconversio...
- Materials & EnergyOpen access
Microfluidic emulsion templating enables unmatched control over pore size and ordering in polymerized high internal phase emulsions (PolyHIPE), yet its adoption for hydrophobic, chemically aggressive monomers is limited by the poor solvent compatibility of common chip materials a...