(Nanowerk Spotlight) Self-assembly, the spontaneous organization of molecules into ordered structures, has long captivated scientists with its elegance and potential. By harnessing the same principles ...

MXene thin films deliver brighter, more tunable structural colors and a wider color range than conventional materials, enabling scalable high-performance coatings for sensors, displays, and security ...

Team develops a flexible and stretchable device capable of omnidirectional color wavelength control. A team at Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), spearheaded by Professor Su Seok ...

The use of a novel roll-to-roll process and optimization technology resulted in polymer foils for use in colored PV modules in a potentially wide range of colors with low iridescence and low levels of ...

Half a billion years ago, nature evolved a remarkable trick: generating vibrant, shimmering colors via intricate, microscopic structures in feathers, wings and shells that reflect light in precise ...

New research has achieved a significant breakthrough in color switching for nanocrystals, unlocking exciting possibilities for a simple, energy efficient display design and for tunable light sources ...

Chiral-structural-color materials produce color through microscopic structures that interact with light rather than through pigmentation or dyes. Some beetle exoskeletons, avian feathers, butterfly ...

Printed 2D and 3D microstructures in different structural colors. (A) Logo of 2D Max Planck Society in different colors. The patterns are printed at different driving electric fields, yielding ...

A team at Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Korea, led by Prof. Su Seok Choi and Seungmin Nam has developed a novel stretchable photonic device “that can control light wavelengths ...