With growth of interest in functional materials possessing highly organized and well-defined nanostructures, lyotropic mesophases have received much attention. Amphiphiles and chromogens can spontaneously construct ordered lyotropic liquid crystal (LLC) and lyotropic chromonic liquid crystal phases in both organic and inorganic solvents. The combined properties of self-organization with facile orientation and intriguing optical adjustments grant lyotropic mesophases with many potential applications, including use in coatable polarizers, micropatterned films, soft actuators, biomimetic chirophotonic crystals, and energy harvesting devices. In this review, we discuss the general concept of self-assembled lyotropic mesophases and their corresponding structural evolutions in aqueous and non-aqueous systems. Recent research progress in the investigations of polymer-stabilized LLC is also discussed.

随着对具有高度组织化和定义明确的纳米结构的功能材料的兴趣的增长，溶致中间相受到了广泛关注。两亲物和色原体可以在有机和无机溶剂中自发地构建有序的溶致液晶相（LLC）和溶致色性液晶相。具有易于取向的自组织和引人入胜的光学调节性能，使溶致中间相具有许多潜在应用，包括可涂布偏振片，微图案膜，软致动器，仿生的手性光子晶体和能量收集装置。在这篇综述中，我们讨论了自组装溶致中间相的一般概念及其在水和非水系统中的相应结构演变。