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A Plastic Of A Different Color

By dmuren - February 25, 2005

in Materials

Liquid Crystal materials have long been used in inexpensive thermometers and other low-cost temperature sensing applications. But now, researchers from Helsinki University of Technology and the University of Helsinki in Finland, the Technical Research Centre of Finland and the University of Groningen in the Netherlands have engineered a plastic that loses its color when heated. This inexpensive polymer is destined for use in temperature sensitive paint, and other applications like adaptive camouflage and super-large, low-res displays.

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