Understanding how tiny crystals color the wings of butterflies might help create more vivid man-made shades. Just where does a butterfly get its vivid coloring? From microscopic crystals that capture ...

Chemists have unexpectedly made two differently colored crystals -- one orange, one blue -- from one chemical in the same flask while studying a special kind of molecular connection called an agostic ...

California Natural Color’s Dana Osborn, marketing manager, discusses how crystal-color technology transforms the economics of ...

(Nanowerk Spotlight) Structural colors – the vibrant hues that arise not from pigments but from the interaction of light with microscopic structures – are among nature’s most captivating phenomena.

A group of chemics working with the Osaka University in Japan have identified a rare crystal that melts whenever it is exposed to ultraviolet light. The researchers published their findings in a new ...

(Nanowerk News) Chameleons are famous for their color-changing abilities. Depending on their body temperature or mood, their nervous system directs skin tissue that contains nanocrystals to expand or ...

It has been a while since I have covered colloidal photonic crystals here on Nobel Intent. Last time, I wrote about research that showed how one could fine tune the crystal lattice with an applied ...

Chameleons are famous for their color-changing abilities. Depending on their body temperature or mood, their nervous system directs skin tissue that contains nanocrystals to expand or contract, ...