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The examples are weird in this article. Paint isn't applied to most structures to give the structure a colour, but to achieve some other effect, such as weather
by cesaref 4y ago
The examples are weird in this article. Paint isn't applied to most structures to give the structure a colour, but to achieve some other effect, such as weatherproofing, or to make the surface more uniform. It just so happens that putting pigment into the paint achieves an aesthetic effect.
It's cool tech though, but i'm not imagining how distracting driving along a street of iridescent houses will be!
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- pcl 4y agoThe paper says: > “The optical response of these artificially engineered nanostructures can be spectrally tuned across the entire visible spectrum to form a full-color gamut by controlling the gap plasmon dispersion via the geometrical parameters. In the proposed architecture, the subwavelength optical cavity ensures a large degree of angle insensitivity, while the stochastic nature of the self-assembled layer results in polarization independence and near 100% absorption at selected spectral bands.” See https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35521006 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35521006 for the link to the paper.
- TheSpiceIsLife 4y agoIt's definitely both otherwise we wouldn't bother top coating half the structural steel we manufacture, everything could just be Zincanode 402 or similar, which is great if you love dull grey. https://www.duluxprotectivecoatings.com.au/products/ranges/zincanode/zincanode-402/ https://www.duluxprotectivecoatings.com.au/products/ranges/z...