To solve this problem, Jacob went back to his experience in graduate school, organizing molecules using thin polymer films.

为了解决这个问题，Jacob 回溯了在研究生院时，用高聚合薄膜组织分子做的实验。

For example, a layer of oil on top of water could be a thin film.

例如，水面上的一层油 可能是一层薄膜。

You also observed Newton's rings and the patterns that arise from the interaction between light and thin films. .

您还观察了牛顿环以及 由光和薄膜之间的相互作用产生的图案。

And with this, it is now suddenly possible to put a thin iridescent film onto a virtual object and create a photorealistic image out of it.

有了这些小的微型结构，我们突然之间就可以把彩虹色斑薄膜加在虚拟物体上，制造出真实的图像效果。

One of the photos shows a thin film of clouds above the brilliant blue of the north Atlantic, cut by white lines of thicker clouds that look like scars.

其中一张照片显示，蔚蓝的北大西洋上空笼罩了一层薄云，间或还有更厚的云朵像疤痕一样穿插其间。