Photonic nanoarchitectures occurring in butterfly scales as selective gas/vapor sensors

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7057, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Biro L P ^a   Kertesz K ^a   Vertesy Z ^a   Balint Zs ^b  

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

^b DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Bioinspiration; Butterfly wing scales; Nanoarchitecture; Optical reading; Photonic band gap (PBG); Photonic crystal; Selective gas vapor sensor; Volatile organic compounds (VOCs)

Indexed keywords

ADDITIVES; PHOTONIC BAND GAP; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

BIO-INSPIRATION; BUTTERFLY WINGS; NANO-ARCHITECTURE; OPTICAL READING; PHOTONIC BAND GAP (PBG);

ENERGY GAP;

EID: 52249122388     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.794910     Document Type: Conference Paper

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