<h5>Who created this paint?</h5><p>Debashis Chanda, a professor and researcher at the University of Central Florida (UCF), has developed the world’s first environmentally friendly and lightest paint. The name of this paint is Plasmonic Paint. Professor Chanda drew inspiration from butterflies to develop this paint.</p><p>This paint is an alternative to regular paints that get their colour from pigments. Pigments are chemical substances added to paint that absorb and reflect specific light colours.</p><figure class="image"><img src="https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/newsahoot.appspot.com/o/world-s-first-energy-saving-paint-created%2FDebashis%20Chanda.jpg?alt=media&amp;token=adde3459-335f-49f1-8b91-ea867f24599a&amp;_gl=1*a4nmin*_ga*MTIzNjQ0ODg2NS4xNjgzNzk5MjMy*_ga_CW55HF8NVT*MTY5NzYxMTcxMS4yNTcuMS4xNjk3NjEyNTgyLjQ4LjAuMA.."><figcaption>Professor Debashis Chanda. Photo by University of Central Florida.</figcaption></figure><h5>What’s the difference between regular paint and plasmonic paint?</h5><figure class="image"><img src="https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/newsahoot.appspot.com/o/world-s-first-energy-saving-paint-created%2FPlasmonic%20Paint.jpg?alt=media&amp;token=4be21b1e-2ab4-4e72-91af-e60f6da79224&amp;_gl=1*egoqty*_ga*MTIzNjQ0ODg2NS4xNjgzNzk5MjMy*_ga_CW55HF8NVT*MTY5NzYxMTcxMS4yNTcuMS4xNjk3NjEyNzAwLjUzLjAuMA.."><figcaption>Plasmonic Paint. Photo by Science Advances.</figcaption></figure><p>Regular paints use pigments, whereas plasmonic paints use nanoscale structural arrangements of two colourless elements — aluminium and aluminium oxide — to create colours.</p><p>Pigment colours control light absorption based on the electrical property of the pigment material to produce colour. That’s why a new molecule is required for each colour. However, the materials of plasmonic paint control light reflection, scattering, or absorption based only on the arrangement of nanostructures to create colours.</p><p>Pigment-based colours use artificially created molecules. However, plasmonic paint is environmentally beneficial because it only uses metals and oxides.</p><h5>What’s the advantage of plasmonic paint?</h5><div class="raw-html-embed"><figure> <video width="100%" controls=""> <source src="https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/newsahoot.appspot.com/o/world-s-first-energy-saving-paint-created%2FPlasmonic%20Paint%20Video.mp4?alt=media&amp;token=e2d3026b-f171-4254-b71b-1109cbeb7b37&amp;_gl=1*1rf51bu*_ga*MTIzNjQ0ODg2NS4xNjgzNzk5MjMy*_ga_CW55HF8NVT*MTY5NzYxMTcxMS4yNTcuMS4xNjk3NjEyODg2LjQyLjAuMA.." type="video/mp4"> </video> <figcaption>A video on Plasmonic Paint. Video by World Economic Forum.</figcaption> </figure></div><p>Plasmonic paint is long-lasting and doesn’t fade like regular colours. Also, plasmonic paint absorbs less heat. This causes the surface underneath the paint to stay much cooler. The researchers say this temperature difference can help save energy, which can reduce carbon dioxide emissions.</p><p>The paint is also very lightweight. It is so light that around 3 pounds (1.36 kg) of it could be used to paint a Boeing 747. Generally, it requires over 1,000 pounds (453 kg) of regular paint. So, this new paint can help save money.</p><h5>Is this paint available on the market?</h5><p>While this new paint can replace regular colours, it is still not commercially available. However, the researchers have already created the paint in various colours. The researchers will further study the paint’s energy-saving properties so that it can be made and sold.</p><p>Professor Debashis Chanda also said that the paint is still expensive to make in a laboratory. So, large-scale production methods must also be researched further.</p>

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