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New Patterns Emerge in Fabric When the Temperature Changes

posted by Fnord666 on Tuesday March 14 2017, @01:19PM   Printer-friendly
from the mood-clothing dept.

Phoenix666 writes:

Pickup line, circa 2030: "Do my pants think it's hot in here, or is it just you?"

Imagine a single-coloured piece of cloth that suddenly displays a colourful pattern when the ambient temperature changes. Upon further temperature change, a completely different pattern shows up.

[...] Marjan Kooroshnia began her research on already existing descriptions of leuco dye-based thermochromic inks; below their activation temperature they are coloured, and above their activation temperature they are clear or have a light hue. In addition, they are usually blended with static pigments, allowing them to change from one colour to another.

[...] After a lot of testing in the printing lab, she managed to mix the inks so that they looked similar when they were in a non-heated state and they change to different colours as result of increasing temperature.

Then, she explored thermochromic inks with different activation temperatures in order to create a wide spectrum of colours that would appear at different temperatures. She used thermochromic inks with activation temperatures of 27, 37 and 47°C to create a dynamic pattern that colour changing effects that appear in sequence due to increasing temperature; for example, the pattern has one colour at 27°C, another colour at 37°C and another colour at 47°C.

Or will it take off as a uniform that's white when it's cold, and camouflage pattern when it's hot?

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  • (Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday March 14 2017, @01:53PM (5 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday March 14 2017, @01:53PM (#478903)

    Just think of the gorgeous rainbow emphasizing a camel-toe. Sublime. Or ridiculous.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday March 14 2017, @01:54PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday March 14 2017, @01:54PM (#478905)

    ... or every time you fart or every time you get excited (male or female).

  • (Score: 2) by Rivenaleem on Tuesday March 14 2017, @02:13PM

    by Rivenaleem (3400) on Tuesday March 14 2017, @02:13PM (#478910)

    Armpit stains are bad enough as it is.

  • (Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday March 14 2017, @02:31PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday March 14 2017, @02:31PM (#478916)

    So, basically a mood ring?

  • (Score: 3, Informative) by lx on Tuesday March 14 2017, @02:50PM

    by lx (1915) on Tuesday March 14 2017, @02:50PM (#478928)

    You mean like in this everything2 post from 2002?

    http://everything2.com/title/liquid+crystal+pants [everything2.com]