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Bio-inspired Chameleon's Color Change in Building’s Skin: Materials and Technologies Review

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Last updated: 22 Jan 2023

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Each organism has its unique and specific characteristics that have a great impact on the survival and adaptation processes. One of the most amazing and remarkable characteristics in some organisms such as crustaceans, cephalopods and some insects is the reversible color change property in their skin. This color change happens for various reasons such as thermoregulation, camouflage, and mating. It occurs due to the existence of the chromatophore, which is a special sort of pigment cells in their skin compositions. Chameleons are one of the most spectacular organisms that have this unique capability. This paper aims to demonstrate the property of chameleon' reversible color change skin, its mechanism, and its applications in Architecture. In order to achieve this goal, different types of materials and glazing technologies that imitate this property and their applications in building's skin have been displayed. Besides, a schematic proposed framework inspired from the chameleon' skin has been introduced.

DOI

10.21608/pserj.2021.50735.1072

Keywords

Color change, chromatophores, chameleon, chromic, Smart Glazing

Authors

First Name

Yasmin

Last Name

Eid

MiddleName

Mahmoud

Affiliation

Architecture Engineering department, Faculty of Engineering, Sinai University

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yasmen.mohamed@su.edu.eg

City

Port Said

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0000-0002-9392-8689

First Name

Mostafa

Last Name

El Ahwal

MiddleName

Abd-Elhafeez

Affiliation

Professor in Architecture and urban planning Department, Port Said University,

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whitehouse.egypt@yahoo.com

City

Port Said

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First Name

Magda

Last Name

Ebied

MiddleName

Ekram

Affiliation

Architecture and urban planning Department, Environmental Studies Institute, Ain Shams University

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magda_ebeid@yahoo.com

City

Cairo

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First Name

Rania

Last Name

Aly

MiddleName

Hassan

Affiliation

Architecture and urban planning Department, Port Saied University

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dr.ranyaaly@gmail.com

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Port Said

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25

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1

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23267

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2021-03-01

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2020-11-22

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2021-03-01

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9

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1110-6603

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2536-9377

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813

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Port-Said Engineering Research Journal

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22 Jan 2023