Inspired by chameleons and other colorful animals, researchers at the the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology have developed a way to 3D ...

Additive manufacturing (AM), commonly referred to as 3D printing (3DP), is a powerful method of creating objects from computer-aided design models and provides unprecedented control over object shape ...

In a leap forward for materials science, a multi-institutional team of researchers has developed a pioneering method of 3D printing cholesteric liquid crystal elastomers (CLCEs), enabling complex, ...

With the advancement of modern printing technology, printed products exhibit unprecedented levels of color richness and subtlety. The color performance and color consistency of printed images have ...