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05-12-2014, 06:40 AM
Chameleon-Like Camouflage May Be Possible Thanks to Color-Changing Particles
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It's **t Harry Potter's*invisibility cloak (http://harrypotter.wikia.com/wiki/Cloak_of_Invisibility), but new findings could enable a chameleon-like style of camouflage.
Researchers at the University of Michigan have devised a technique as part of a study that can change the color of a crystal structure by manipulating its particles with ultraviolet light, a process that has the potential to be used for concealment.
See also: 9 Top Tech Breakthroughs of 2013 (http://mashable.com/2013/12/12/tech-breakthroughs-2013/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
The colors of a crystal structure are based on the space between its particles. This space (or lack thereof) decides what light the crystals will absorb, and what it will reflect, a process that manifests itself in visible color. K**wing this, researchers realized that if they manipulated the space between the particles, they would be able to control the color of the crystals. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/05/11/chameleon-camouflage/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
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It's **t Harry Potter's*invisibility cloak (http://harrypotter.wikia.com/wiki/Cloak_of_Invisibility), but new findings could enable a chameleon-like style of camouflage.
Researchers at the University of Michigan have devised a technique as part of a study that can change the color of a crystal structure by manipulating its particles with ultraviolet light, a process that has the potential to be used for concealment.
See also: 9 Top Tech Breakthroughs of 2013 (http://mashable.com/2013/12/12/tech-breakthroughs-2013/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
The colors of a crystal structure are based on the space between its particles. This space (or lack thereof) decides what light the crystals will absorb, and what it will reflect, a process that manifests itself in visible color. K**wing this, researchers realized that if they manipulated the space between the particles, they would be able to control the color of the crystals. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/05/11/chameleon-camouflage/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
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