Colourful polymers on demand
by
Lewis Brindley, RSC
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last modified
10-16-09 03:52 AM
Copyright 2009, RSC
Polymers used in the electrochromic device (left) and a sample of some of the colours the researchers achieved (right)
A new polymer-based material can change from clear to multi-coloured right through to opaque black at the flick of a switch. The electrochromic material could find some interesting applications, such as multi-coloured information displays, electronic books and colour changing mirrors. More...
http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/News/2009/October/16100901.asp
