Get 20M+ Full-Text Papers For Less Than $1.50/day. Start a 14-Day Trial for You or Your Team.

Learn More →

Hiding in reflections

Hiding in reflections Resea R ch h ighlights Nature Reviews Materials | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41578-018-0021-z | Published online 15 May 2018 SOFT ROBOTIC S Cephalopods, such as squids and The electroactive layer of the silicon dioxide formed the octopuses, change the colour and devices is a dielectric elastomer coating. Both types of devices are pattern of their skin to communicate membrane. Polymeric proton- fully reversible, stable over many We are now between themselves and to hide from conducting electrodes are placed cycles and give reproducible pursuing both predators. This colour-c hanging above and below this layer, and then results. Moreover, the autonomous ability is enabled by their complex the surface of the top electrode is aluminium-coated devices can thermo­ skin, which contains pigmented cells modified with an infrared-r eflecting operate autonomously when as well as cells that reflect light. coating. Initially, the devices are connected to a temperature sensor. regulatory Now, writing in Science, Alon mechanically contracted to release The researchers demonstrate technologies Gorodetsky and colleagues report tension in the different components, the functionality of their and adaptive an adaptive system that reflects which causes micrometre-s cale infrared-reflecting broadband camouflage infrared light, and hence also heat, in wrinkling of the infrared-r eflecting system by http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Nature Reviews Materials Springer Journals

Hiding in reflections

Abstract

Resea R ch h ighlights Nature Reviews Materials | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41578-018-0021-z | Published online 15 May 2018 SOFT ROBOTIC S Cephalopods, such as squids and The electroactive layer of the silicon dioxide formed the octopuses, change the colour and devices is a dielectric elastomer coating. Both types of devices are pattern of their skin to communicate membrane. Polymeric proton- fully reversible, stable over many We are now between themselves and to hide from conducting...
Loading next page...
1
 
/lp/springer-journals/hiding-in-reflections-Rxn0dgFvgI

References (1)

Publisher
Springer Journals
Copyright
Copyright © 2018 by Macmillan Publishers Ltd., part of Springer Nature
Subject
Materials Science; Materials Science, general; Optical and Electronic Materials; Biomaterials; Nanotechnology; Condensed Matter Physics
eISSN
2058-8437
DOI
10.1038/s41578-018-0021-z
Publisher site
See Article on Publisher Site

Abstract

Resea R ch h ighlights Nature Reviews Materials | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41578-018-0021-z | Published online 15 May 2018 SOFT ROBOTIC S Cephalopods, such as squids and The electroactive layer of the silicon dioxide formed the octopuses, change the colour and devices is a dielectric elastomer coating. Both types of devices are pattern of their skin to communicate membrane. Polymeric proton- fully reversible, stable over many We are now between themselves and to hide from conducting electrodes are placed cycles and give reproducible pursuing both predators. This colour-c hanging above and below this layer, and then results. Moreover, the autonomous ability is enabled by their complex the surface of the top electrode is aluminium-coated devices can thermo­ skin, which contains pigmented cells modified with an infrared-r eflecting operate autonomously when as well as cells that reflect light. coating. Initially, the devices are connected to a temperature sensor. regulatory Now, writing in Science, Alon mechanically contracted to release The researchers demonstrate technologies Gorodetsky and colleagues report tension in the different components, the functionality of their and adaptive an adaptive system that reflects which causes micrometre-s cale infrared-reflecting broadband camouflage infrared light, and hence also heat, in wrinkling of the infrared-r eflecting system by

Journal

Nature Reviews MaterialsSpringer Journals

Published: May 15, 2018

There are no references for this article.