We've got a lot of confusion here. If I'm interpreting their work correctly, it's a precursor technology required for industrial production of active paint. The first application to be targeted would be paint-on solar cells, followed fairly quickly by paints that change colors with the flip of a switch, and culminating in paint-on displays. The same technology would apply to textiles as well, making those color changing video clothes from the sci-fi films. Not the self-cleaning ones though. Self-cleaning nanoparticles would etch their polymers fairly quickly.
I am a chemist, though I'm not intimately familiar with Dr. Ting Xu's work or motivations.
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We've got a lot of confusion here. If I'm interpreting their work correctly, it's a precursor technology required for industrial production of active paint. The first application to be targeted would be paint-on solar cells, followed fairly quickly by paints that change colors with the flip of a switch, and culminating in paint-on displays. The same technology would apply to textiles as well, making those color changing video clothes from the sci-fi films. Not the self-cleaning ones though. Self-cleaning nanoparticles would etch their polymers fairly quickly. I am a chemist, though I'm not intimately familiar with Dr. Ting Xu's work or motivations.