Advanced Materials, Vol.19, No.19, 2807-2807, 2007
An electro- and thermochromic hydrogel as a full-color indicator
Electric-field-triggered "two-state switching" between two arbitrary structural colors (see figure) in the entire visible region at certain temperatures is shown by a stimuli-responsive chromic hydrogel. The external rapid tuning in the structural color of this hydrogel is successfully achieved by introducing a periodically ordered interconnecting porous structure.