Saturday 11 February 2017

Tarantulas inspire new structural color with the greatest viewing angle

Inspired by the hair of blue tarantulas, researchers have made a 3-D printed structural-colored material that has a viewing angle of 160 degrees, the largest of any synthetic structural colors demonstrated. They could be mass produced and used as pigment replacements – many of which are toxic – in materials i.e. plastics, textiles and paper, and for producing color for wide-angle viewing systems i.e. phones and televisions.

from Engineering and Construction News – ScienceDaily https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/02/170207142719.htm



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