Kyoto University Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences (iCeMS)

New Capabilities

Lead institution behind Deep Foam Photolithography

White packaging, films, and coatings have relied on titanium dioxide for over a century. The European Union banned it as a food additive over safety concerns, and the search for alternatives has been urgent. Now researchers at Kyoto University have made brilliant white materials with no pigment at all—just engineered pores that scatter light the way snow and clouds do.

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