Structural Colour in Butterfly Apatura Ilia Scales and the Microstructure Simulation of Photonic Crystal

Journal of Bionic Engineering

Volumn 5, Issue SUPPL., 2008, Pages 14-19

  Han, Zhi wu ^a   Wu, Li yan ^a   Qiu, Zhao mei ^a   Guan, Hui ying ^a   Ren, Lu quan ^a  

^a JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

butterfly; photonic crystal; scale; structural colour

Indexed keywords

BUILDING MATERIALS; COLOR; CRYSTAL ATOMIC STRUCTURE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; MICROSCOPES; MICROSTRUCTURE; MULTILAYERS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; POWDERS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPECTROMETERS; SPECTROMETRY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

1-D PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; BUTTERFLY; CROSS SECTIONS; GEOMETRICAL DIMENSIONS; MICROSTRUCTURE SIMULATIONS; NAKED EYES; ROOF TILES; SCALE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPES; SIMULATION CURVES; STRUCTURAL COLOUR; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPES;

CRYSTAL MICROSTRUCTURE;

EID: 55049107373     PISSN: 16726529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1672-6529(08)60066-9     Document Type: Article

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