Color-Changing Glass (IMAGE)

Rice University

Color-Changing Glass

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Rice University researchers demonstrated a new type of glass that turns from clear to black when a low voltage is applied. The glass uses a combination of molecules that block almost all visible light when they each gain a single electron.

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Jeff Fitlow/Rice University

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