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Non Life Sciences => Technology => Topic started by: thedoc on 04/02/2014 23:30:02

Title: Can we make materials coloured like a butterfly's wing?
Post by: thedoc on 04/02/2014 23:30:02

A team of researchers are using tiny structures to make new optical materials, including a polymer which changes colour as it stretches
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Title: Re: Can we make materials coloured like a butterfly's wing?
Post by: MrVat7 on 08/02/2014 02:23:14

Butterfly wings are made up of tiny micrometer sized scales . If we could produce just the same kind of coloured scales or just say of three primary colours ( red yellow blue ) then almost infinite colour combination would be possible.