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Inkjet technique prints rainbow of structural colours from a single transparent ink

07 Oct 2021
Structural colour printing
Structural colour creations: Inkjet printing of a single transparent polymer ink on a hydrophobic substrate can create large-area full-colour images. (Courtesy: K Li, Chinese Academy of Sciences)
Scientists in China have developed a technique for printing structural colours using a commercial in

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