Self-organized structures that emerge on gel surfaces across diverse spatiotemporal scales. This review introduces classical studies on these structures and further discusses recent advances and ...

Generally, it has a negative connotation since it is commonly associated with an investigation initiated by the occurrence of an adverse event. While many times this may be the case, proactive ...

Here, the author summarizes recent development of stimuli-responsive synthetic polymers in ionic liquids (ILs) as a novel platform in designing intelligent soft materials. Owing to the versatile ...