Photonic band gap materials in butterfly scales: A possible source of "blueprints"

Materials Science and Engineering: B

Volumn 149, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 259-265

  Kertesz K ^a   Molnar G ^a   Vertesy Z ^a   Koos A A ^a   Horvath Z E ^a   Mark G I ^a   Tapaszto L ^a   Balint Zs ^b   Tamaska I ^a   Deparis, O ^c   Vigneron, J P ^c   Biro L P ^a  

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

^b DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY   (Hungary)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAMUR   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bioinspired nanoarchitectures; Butterfly scales; Photonic crystals; Quasiordered multilayers; Reflectance; Tuning by oxidation

Indexed keywords

COLOR; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; REFLECTION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THIN FILMS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

BIOINSPIRED NANOARCHITECTURES; BUTTERFLY SCALES; QUASIORDERED STRUCTURES;

PHOTONIC BAND GAP;

EID: 43049135182     PISSN: 09215107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mseb.2007.10.013     Document Type: Article

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