Spectral filtering of visible light by the cuticle of metallic woodboring beetles and microfabrication of a matching bioinspired material

Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2006, Pages

  Vigneron, Jean Pol ^a   Rassart, Marie ^a   Vandenbem, Cédric ^a   Lousse, Virginie ^a,b   Deparis, Olivier ^a   Biró, László P ^c   Dedouaire, Daniel ^d   Cornet, Alain ^d   Defrance, Pierre ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAMUR   (Belgium)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR TECHNICAL PHYSICS AND MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Hungary)

^d UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOINSPIRED MATERIAL; METALLIC WOODBORING BEETLES; PHOTONIC-CRYSTAL MODEL;

BIOMATERIALS; COLOR; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHOTONS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

OPTICAL FILTERS;

BIOMIMETIC MATERIAL; METAL;

ANIMAL; BEETLE; CHEMISTRY; FILTRATION; FUNCTIONS OF THE SKIN AND ITS APPENDAGES; LIGHT; MATERIALS TESTING; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SPECTROSCOPY; SURFACE PROPERTY;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; BIOMIMETIC MATERIALS; FILTRATION; LIGHT; MATERIALS TESTING; METALS; SKIN PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 33645692665     PISSN: 15393755     EISSN: 15502376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.73.041905     Document Type: Article

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