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  • Animals exhibit stimuli-responsive colors for camouflage and communication.
  • Nature's solutions inspire material science innovations in color-changing systems.

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  • To provide an updated literature overview of bioinspired stimuli-responsive color-changing systems.
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  • Literature review of natural and bioinspired color-changing systems.
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Main Results:

  • Detailed overview of various bioinspired color-changing systems.
  • Categorization of systems according to their responsive stimuli.

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  • Bioinspired color-changing systems offer diverse solutions for material science applications.
  • Understanding natural mechanisms is key to developing advanced responsive materials.