Paint: Changing color with temperature

Researchers from the Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces have now developed a car paint that can change its color due to the temperature.

It's now common to build materials which can change colors depending on their surrounding environment because of progresses made in colloid chemistry. But now, German researchers have gone a step further. They've used ion bombardment and gold metallisation to produce new particles whose bonding behavior can be chemically tailored. This could lead to new shimmering car finishes which can change with temperature or humidity, new cosmetics, but more importantly, to new applications in optical data processing.

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