The great graphene name game (page 2)
University of Bristol researchers have created artificial muscles that can be transformed to mimic the camouflaging abilities of squid and zebrafish. The team demonstrated two individual transforming mechanisms that they believe could be used in "smart clothing" to trigger camouflaging tricks similar to animals observed in the wild. "We have taken inspiration from nature's designs and exploited the same methods to turn our artificial muscles into striking visual effects," Jonathan Rossiter, lead author of the study published in the journal Bioinspiration and Biomimetics, said in a press release. The artificial muscles are based on specialist cells known as chromatophores, which are found in amphibians, fish, reptiles and cephalopods. These cells contain pigments of colors that are responsible for the animals' color-changing effects. The color changes in animals like the squid or zebrafish can be triggered by changes in mood, temperature, stress or something visible in the environment. The researchers create
The great graphene name game
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