Elaborate one-dimensional photonic crystals are constructed from a variety of organic and biopolymers, which can be dissolved or melted, by templating the solution-cast or injection-molded materials in porous silicon or porous silicon dioxide multilayer (rugate dielectric mirror) structures. After the removal of the template by chemical dissolution, the polymer castings replicate the photonic features and the nanostructure of the master. We demonstrate that these castings can be used as vapor sensors, as deformable and tunable optical filters, and as self-reporting, bioresorbable materials.

A Zn-NO₂⁻battery with C/Co₃O₄catalyst cathode is developed as an energy-output electrocatalytic system that can simultaneously convert NO₂⁻to NH₃with high faradaic efficiency and supply electricity with a power density of 6.03 mW cm⁻².