New fabricated material changes color instantly in response to external magnetic field

New mechanism for inducing color change in materials paves way for manufacturing rewritable color display units, environmentally friendly color paints

		VIDEO: Rotation of microspheres in a vertically changing external magnetic field. The color is switched between on (blue) and off states. Click here for more information.

RIVERSIDE, Calif. – A research team led by a chemist at the University of California, Riverside has fabricated microscopic polymer beads that change color instantly and reversibly when external magnetic fields acting upon the microspheres change orientation.