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  • Materials Science
  • Optics
  • Chemistry

Background:

  • Active camouflage in nature allows organisms to adapt their appearance to surroundings.
  • Current artificial active camouflage relies on complex, costly, and difficult-to-use electronic systems.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To introduce self-adaptive photochromism (SAP) as an intrinsic material property for active camouflage.
  • To develop a new class of materials that can change color without external electronic components.

Main Methods:

  • Fabrication of SAP materials using donor-acceptor Stenhouse adducts (DASAs) as negative photochromic phases and organic dyes as fixed phases.
  • Utilizing light-induced linear-to-cyclic isomerization of DASAs to create an absorption gap and switch color.
  • Incorporating SAP materials into polycaprolactone films and coatings.

Main Results:

  • The SAP materials exhibit a primary black state in darkness and spontaneously change color when exposed to background light.
  • The color change is triggered by transmitted and reflected light, enabling adaptive camouflage.
  • SAP films and coatings demonstrated applicability to diverse surfaces.

Conclusions:

  • Self-adaptive photochromism (SAP) offers a viable intrinsic material solution for active camouflage.
  • This approach bypasses the need for complex electronic devices, simplifying structure and improving usability.
  • SAP materials present a promising, cost-effective alternative for advanced camouflage technologies.