Dragonflies that Change Colour: Nature's Hidden Redox Chemistry: Chemical Education

Catherine E. Housecroft

doi:10.2533/chimia.2022.869

Dragonflies that Change Colour: Nature's Hidden Redox Chemistry

Chemical Education

Authors

Catherine E. Housecroft University of Basel https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8074-0089

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2533/chimia.2022.869

Keywords:

Chemical education, Natural colour changes, Redox chemistry

Abstract

The colour distinction between male and female, and between young and mature male dragonflies of the genera Crocothemis and Sympetrum arises from simple redox chemistry. This natural phenomenon has inspired the development of a class of electrochromic device