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Know how researchers created a synthetic material, elastomers, that can change color and texture to specific voltage change, like that of cephalopods

The random copolymer arrangement of styrene-butadiene copolymer. Each coloured ball in the molecular structure diagram represents a styrene or butadiene repeating unit as shown in the chemical structure formula.

Figure 3: Homopolymer and copolymer arrangements of polymer repeating units. The five possible arrangements are represented by (A) polyvinyl chloride, (B) styrene-butadiene copolymer, (C) styrene-maleic anhydride copolymer, (D) styrene-isoprene copolymer, and (E) ethylene-acrylonitrile copolymer. Each coloured ball represents the repeating unit of the same colour below.

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Know how researchers created a synthetic material, elastomers, that can change color and texture to specific voltage change, like that of cephalopods

Know how researchers created a synthetic material, elastomers, that can change color and texture to specific voltage change, like that of cephalopods

Learn about elastomers that are changeable in colour and texture, much like the skin...

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The random copolymer arrangement of styrene-butadiene copolymer. Each coloured ball in the molecular structure diagram represents a styrene or butadiene repeating unit as shown in the chemical structure formula.

The random copolymer arrangement of styrene-butadiene copolymer. Each coloured ball...

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Figure 3: Homopolymer and copolymer arrangements of polymer repeating units. The five possible arrangements are represented by (A) polyvinyl chloride, (B) styrene-butadiene copolymer, (C) styrene-maleic anhydride copolymer, (D) styrene-isoprene copolymer, and (E) ethylene-acrylonitrile copolymer. Each coloured ball represents the repeating unit of the same colour below.

Figure 3: Homopolymer and copolymer arrangements of polymer repeating units....

Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.

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