Patent ID: 9581838
Date: 2017-02-28
CPC Classifications: A41D,A43B,A43D,B01J,B29B,B29C,B29K,B29L,B82Y,C01G,C01P,G02F,H01F,Y10S

Claim:
1. A method of manipulating a color displayed by an article of wear comprising iron oxide colloidal nanocrystals arranged within chains, the method comprising: (a) applying a magnetic field to the article of wear comprising at least one raw material, wherein the at least one raw material comprises the chains of nanocrystals; (b) applying energy to at least some of the chains of nanocrystals to soften materials within the at least one raw material immediately surrounding the chains of nanocrystals to which the energy is applied; (c) removing the energy to allow the materials within the at least one raw material immediately surrounding the chains of nanocrystals to harden and fix a location of the nanocrystals within the chains; and (d) removing the magnetic field.