Polarization-sensitive perovskite photodetectors are realized by crystallographically aligning 1D perovskite arrays. High-quality inorganic perovskite single crystals with crystallographic order are fabricated by strictly manipulating the dewetting process of organic solution, yielding photodetectors with high photoresponsivity and fast response speed.

A facile and effective "liquid knife" is created by controlling the dewetting process of the liquid precursor, yielding patterning single-crystalline perovskite microplates with uniform size, precise positioning, high quality, and low lasing thresholds. The sizes and location of single-crystalline perovskite are controllable, leading to mode-tunable lasing emission and patterned lasers.

A versatile "capillary-bridge lithography" technique is developed for patterning 1D organic single crystals and microring structures through controlling the generation and dewetting of capillary bridges on an interface with asymmetric wettability. High-performance Fabry-Pérot and whispering-gallery mode lasing emission with tunable modes are achieved on these 1D and microring structures.