Fig. 14: Color and surface topography changes achieved by embossing CLC polymers. | Light: Science & Applications

Fig. 14: Color and surface topography changes achieved by embossing CLC polymers.

From: Liquid crystal-based structural color actuators

Fig. 14

a Photographs of an embossed CLC polymer upon increasing the temperature from 0 to 55 °C which shows a change in the color from blue to orange. Reproduced with permission79. Copyright 2017, American Chemical Society. b Photographs (left) and surface topographies (right) of the deformed CLC polymer coating at 10 °C and heated to 40 °C. Reproduced with permission81. Copyright 2019, Wiley-VCH. c Photographs (top) of the programmed CLC coating showing color and surface topography change (bottom) when heating. Reproduced with permission82. Copyright 2020, Wiley-VCH

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