Opals have a unique property: Their color comes not from pigment, but from their internal molecular structure, which is organized in such a way that it reflects certain wavelengths of light. This ...

Explore synthetic material applications that mimic iridescent opal, enabling vibrant displays in electronic paper and advertising. developers, who said they’re ready to sell the technology today, ...

A material that can readily switch between a rainbow of colours has cleared a key hurdle to commercialisation, according to a group of entrepreneurial chemists. The developers of 'photonic ink' (P-Ink ...

A new method for fabricating polymer opals could lead to new applications that could benefit from their color changing properties. A method for mass producing polymer opals that allow novel ...

Perfect synthetic opals could be produced by copying a technique used by a small beetle, say researchers in this week’s Nature. “The interesting thing is that this has been found in a living organism, ...

KYOTO, Japan--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Kyocera Corporation (NYSE:KYO) (TOKYO:6971) announced that its original decorative material, “Kyoto Opal,” is being utilized in KOKOIST’s new line of nail gel products.

Opals have a unique property: Their color comes not from pigment, but from their internal molecular structure, which is organized in such a way that it reflects certain wavelengths of light. This ...