Patent Pick: Harvard Innovates with Films and Flakes

ColorLightReflect850

The color of a material generally results from light absorption, reflection and scattering. Alternatively, micro-to-nano-scale structured materials can impart optical interference phenomena, resulting in structural coloration. Examples of structural coloration abound in nature but also can be found in synthetic photonic structures such as colloidal crystals.

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