Gyroid cuticular structures in butterfly wing scales: Biological photonic crystals

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Volumn 5, Issue 18, 2008, Pages 85-94

  Michielsen, K ^a   Stavenga, D G ^b  

^a EMBD   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cubic surfaces; Gyroid; Lepidoptera; Self assembly; Structural colour

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BUTTERFLY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; FORELIMB; MICROSCOPE IMAGE; MODEL; PHOTON; SMOOTH ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CALLOPHRYS; CALLOPHRYS RUBI; LEPIDOPTERA; LYCAENIDAE; MITOURA GRYNEA; PAPILIONIDAE; PARIDES SESOSTRIS; TEINOPALPUS IMPERIALIS;

EID: 36348983797     PISSN: 17425689     EISSN: 17425662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2007.1065     Document Type: Article

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