Nanowerk  July 11, 2020 Inspired by the ability of chameleons to change color by using temperature to direct the skin tissue that contains nanocrystals reflecting light, to expand or contract, an international team of researchers (USA – University of Chicago, University of South Carolina, University of North Texas, Cornell University, Argonne National Laboratory, Mexico, Turkey, Colombia) has developed a way to stretch and strain liquid crystals to generate different colors. They dispersed chiral droplets in polymer films and deformed it by inducing uniaxial or biaxial stretching. Their measurements are interpreted by resorting to simulations of the corresponding systems, thereby providing […]