Smart macroporous hydrogels with a range of optical behavior have been prepared using colloidal crystals as templates. The structural color imprinted in the gel (see Figure and cover) varies with a change in the volume of the gel. It is now possible to build a soft material that displays the various structural colors available to living things.
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