More than a hundred years ago, in 1908 A Nobel Prize-winning technique, enabled the development of a new material in today’s scientific world. Using Gabriel Lippmann’s method of preventing colors from mixing in photographic events, scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have developed a material that changes color as it stretches.

Materials have also been developed in the laboratory that change color when stretched. However, the development process of these materials is generally: It took a lot of effort and money. Using Lippmann’s technique, the MIT team was able to develop a material that changes color when it stretches, at a much lower cost.

Material that changes color when stretched:

The color of the newly developed material travels through the visible light spectrum when subjected to tensile forces, changing first to red, then green, and finally blue. All colors are visible on the material as shown in the video above. All this, of course, is Lippmann’s technique and is often used to create holograms. a material called ‘photoelastomer’ is achieved by merging.

According to the MIT team, the newly developed material can be used as sensors for mainly mechanical instruments, where stress and strain need to be monitored. New material, currently used in this topic can replace electronic devices. However, the material is used in medical dressings to see how tight the dressing is or simply stuck It can even be used on clothes for fun.

One of the most interesting aspects of the new material was that the Lippmann technique used in the material was the first to be used commercially. The technique developed by Lippmann was of no use in his time.