“Since the light bounces back and forth inside the magnet, interactions are genuinely enhanced,” CCNY’s Florian Dirnberger, the lead-author of the study, said in a press statement. “To give an example, when we apply an external magnetic field the near-infrared reflection of light is altered so much, the material basically changes its color. That's a pretty strong magneto-optic response.”
That's really neat. Maybe this can lead to actual active camouflage. Still early days though so who knows.
5 Comments
Karlid@lemmy.ca · 22 pts · 2y
Trapping Spren in Fabrials is challenging!
teft@startrek.website · 13 pts · 2y
Stop spilling the artifabrian secrets.
teft@startrek.website · 14 pts · 2y
That's really neat. Maybe this can lead to actual active camouflage. Still early days though so who knows.
WhiteRaven22@midwest.social · 4 pts · 2y
Reminds me of this:
https://xkcd.com/1351/
ReallyKinda@kbin.social · 8 pts · 2y
This is so far above my head that I’m not certain what to be excited about, but I’ve always been convinced the answer is magnets so..