Microstructures and optical properties of scales of butterfly wings

Optical Review

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 139-145

  Tabata, Hiroshi ^a   Kumazawa, Kinya ^a   Funakawa, Masami ^a   Takimoto, Jun Ichi ^a,c   Akimoto, Makio ^b  

^a NISSAN MOTOR CO   (Japan)

^b NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^c YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anisotropic color; Butterfly wing; Lamella; Microstructure; Optical interference; Structural color; Three dimensional reflective spectra

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030509302     PISSN: 13406000     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10043-996-0139-x     Document Type: Article

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