All structural colour articles
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ResearchBlueberries’ blue is just skin deep, depending on structure not pigments
Non-spherical nanostructures explain the fruit’s colour
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ResearchAncient Roman glass fragment changed from green to gold over time
Photonic crystals developed naturally on 2000-year-old artefact
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ResearchColour-changing liquids could flag cold chain breaches for medicines
Device offers simple and reliable monitoring with no electronic waste
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ResearchWoodcock feathers’ nanostructure makes them the whitest ever found
The Eurasian woodcock’s white tail feathers reflect up to 55% of light –30% more than those of any other bird
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ResearchLiquid crystals under pressure create squid-like camouflage
Pneumatic membranes trigger full-spectrum colour shifting on demand
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NewsKew Gardens exhibit will showcase dazzling display of structural colour
Nanostructures that create the ‘brightest colours ever created’ will be on display at gallery
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FeatureStructural colour
From iridescent butterflies and beetles to fish-scales and petals – can nature show us how to make sustainable pigments and dyes? Angeli Mehta takes a look
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ResearchCarbon fibre gets a colourful makeover
Titanium dioxide structures allow super strong material to ditch dull reputation
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ResearchSelf-healing hydrogels glow with stable structural colour
Biocompatible, jelly-like materials that can repair themselves without losing their colour could find uses in photonics or biomedicine