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SUBMITTER: Liang HL
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6219516 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Nature communications 20181106 1
Hydroxypropyl-cellulose (HPC), a derivative of naturally abundant cellulose, can self-assemble into helical nanostructures that lead to striking colouration from Bragg reflections. The helical periodicity is very sensitive to pressure, rendering HPC a responsive photonic material. Recent advances in elucidating these HPC mechano-chromic properties have so-far delivered few real-world applications, which require both up-scaling fabrication and digital translation of their colour changes. Here we ...[more]