▲ 31 ▼ New material changes color and texture like an octopus (news.stanford.edu) submitted 10 months ago by Kwerl@lemmy.world to c/science@lemmy.world 3 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] TwodogsFighting@lemdro.id 2 points 10 months ago (1 child) Varying levels of refraction. That's how rainbows work. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Warl0k3@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago* familiar with the concepts here, I just I don't understand how refractive patterns can be formed in this material with the mechanism they're describing - its easy to etch them in, but it seems like it would lack the definition needed if it's fluid swelling forming them via the etched patterns. I haven't had a chance to give the paper a proper read though. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Warl0k3@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago* familiar with the concepts here, I just I don't understand how refractive patterns can be formed in this material with the mechanism they're describing - its easy to etch them in, but it seems like it would lack the definition needed if it's fluid swelling forming them via the etched patterns. I haven't had a chance to give the paper a proper read though. permalink fedilink source parent