Color-tunable photonic fibers mimic the fruit of the 'bastard hogberry' plant

Monday, January 28, 2013 - 16:37 in Physics & Chemistry

(Phys.org)—A team of materials scientists at Harvard University and the University of Exeter, UK, have invented a new fiber that changes color when stretched. Inspired by nature, the researchers identified and replicated the unique structural elements that create the bright iridescent blue color of a tropical plant's fruit.

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