Shape-reconfigurable photonic capsules are microfluidically designed to make wavelength- and intensity-tunable microlasers.

High–aspect ratio ZIF-8 nanoplate–incorporated membranes exhibit highly effective performance for hydrocarbon separation.

We report a mesogenic compound which introduces nematic liquid crystal (LC) ordering into the benzothienobenzothiophene (BTBT) family of LCs, creating a new class of LC semiconducting materials which respond in a facile way to anisotropic surfaces, and can, thereby, be effectively processed into highly oriented monodomains. Measurement on these domains of the electrical conductivity, with in situ monitoring of domain quality and orientation using LC birefringence textures in electroded cells, brings a new era of precision and reliability to the determination of anisotropic carrier mobility in LC semiconductors.