Fig. 2: CLC-droplet-dispersed PVA films. | Light: Science & Applications

Fig. 2: CLC-droplet-dispersed PVA films.

From: Liquid crystal-based structural color actuators

Fig. 2

a Schematic illustration of oblate-CLC-droplet-dispersed PVA films with a gradient distribution of oblate CLC droplets perpendicular to the film plane and thus a gradient thermal expansion perpendicular to the film plane when oblate CLC droplets were heated to the isotropic phase. b An “octopus” on a black rock reversibly changed color from blue to colorless and shape from flat to curved for camouflage upon heating and cooling. Reproduced with permission44. Copyright 2021, Wiley-VCH

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