ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces | Vol 13, No 3
Illustration of the significance of liquid crystal films doped with chiral ligand-capped Au nanoparticles forming microlens arrays in water when suspended in hollow grids. Such lenses are analogous to the structure of the compound eyes of insects and are sensitive to the polarization of the light. Center: illustration of the cholesteric liquid crystal microlens array with an object of a ...