Created a material that changes color like a chameleon
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To create a unique material specialists were inspired by the ability of chameleons to change their color
Probably each of us dreamed in the childhood about . Well, apparently remembering his childhood dreams, researchers have developed an artificial skin that is able to change its color like a chameleon. According to scientists, this invention can be used for camouflage and in the development of large-scale dynamic displays. Such news periodically appear in the press. Is this time really different?
Why a chameleon changes color?
The Chameleons always stood out compared to other animals due to unusual ability . The study of nature and such an interesting ability was very interested in the Roman scholar Pliny, who believed that it is the environment and background in some unknown way, influence the color of chameleons. In the seventeenth century, scientists believed that painting your body in different colors, the animal shows the level of emotional excitement and experiences. The second option was the closest to the truth. So, with color, chameleons communicate with their own kind, with the most vivid color in this case, when meeting males with each other. In other words, painting your body with all the colors , chameleons show their desire to be noticed. In addition, the color of the chameleon often changes depending on the ambient temperature or when you change the familiar animal of the level of light and humidity. It is this feature of scientists from the University of Cambridge decided to use as examples to create new inventions — unique camouflage material that can change its color.
a Example change the color of the material. Source
is it Possible to make the object invisible?
it Seems that researchers from Cambridge have created the world's first invisibility cloak.
Inspired by the ability of chameleons and cuttlefish change their color, masquerading as their environment, researchers from Cambridge University have created a unique material consisting of gold particles in a polymer shell. In order for gold could reflect light, scientists have placed it in microdroplets of water in oil. When exposed to heat or light particles have the ability to change the color of the material.
In nature, chameleons are able, thanks to the chromatophores — the cells of the skin with special contractile fibers, which allow pigments to move.
Artificial chromatophores developed by Cambridge researchers, change its color at a temperature above 32 degrees Celsius. Upon reaching this temperature, the nanoparticles start to accumulate a large amount of energy in a split second, as the polymer coating to displace all the water and destroyed. The cooling of the material the polymer is gradually taking over the water and expand, changing its original shape.
The geometry of the clusters affects the color : when nanoparticles are scattered, they are red and when they are grouped together, they become dark blue.
At the moment the material is developed by Cambridge researchers has only one layer, so the change of only one color. However, the use of new materials to create a reflective nanoparticles will help researchers to achieve the desired “chameleon effect”.
What do you think of the areas in which “material-invisible” able to achieve maximum application? Will it be available for sale? Let's discuss this question .
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