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Know how researchers created a synthetic material, elastomers, that can change color and texture to specific voltage change, like that of cephalopods

The random copolymer arrangement of styrene-butadiene copolymer. Each coloured ball in the molecular structure diagram represents a styrene or butadiene repeating unit as shown in the chemical structure formula.

Figure 3: Homopolymer and copolymer arrangements of polymer repeating units. The five possible arrangements are represented by (A) polyvinyl chloride, (B) styrene-butadiene copolymer, (C) styrene-maleic anhydride copolymer, (D) styrene-isoprene copolymer, and (E) ethylene-acrylonitrile copolymer. Each coloured ball represents the repeating unit of the same colour below.

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The random copolymer arrangement of styrene-butadiene copolymer. Each coloured ball in the molecular structure diagram represents a styrene or butadiene repeating unit as shown in the chemical structure formula.

Figure 3: Homopolymer and copolymer arrangements of polymer repeating units. The five possible arrangements are represented by (A) polyvinyl chloride, (B) styrene-butadiene copolymer, (C) styrene-maleic anhydride copolymer, (D) styrene-isoprene copolymer, and (E) ethylene-acrylonitrile copolymer. Each coloured ball represents the repeating unit of the same colour below.

Know how researchers created a synthetic material, elastomers, that can change color and texture to specific voltage change, like that of cephalopods

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