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Published online 18 March 2003 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news030317-1

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Ink changes colour at flick of a switch

Iridescent nanospheres may deliver full-colour electronic newspaper.

A new ink changes colour at the flick of a switch. It could give rise to newspapers that show shifting images, or chemical sensors that display different hues depending on what substance they detect1.

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