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ADVANCED MATERIALS
Volume 25, Issue 4, Pages 520-523Publisher
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/adma.201203182
Keywords
cholesteric; liquid crystals; reflectors; biomimetic materials; liquid crystal polymers
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The photograph shows a polymer reflector that mimics the colour and underlying molecular structure of a golden beetle. It is formed from self-organizing layers of photopolymerised liquid crystal. These require an aligning layer, but we show that a layer of the material can be used as to self-align subsequent coatings, enabling the construction of complex structures by sequential coating of engineered materials.
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