Nanomorphology of the blue iridescent wings of a giant tropical wasp Megascolia procer javanensis (Hymenoptera)

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

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 2008, Pages

  Sarrazin, Michaël ^a   Vigneron, Jean Pol ^a   Welch, Victoria ^a   Rassart, Marie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAMUR   (Belgium)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; REFLECTION;

GREEN IRIDESCENCES; NANO MORPHOLOGIES; PHYSICAL MODELING; REFLECTION SPECTROSCOPIES; STRATIFIED MEDIUMS;

MODELS;

EID: 56649124411     PISSN: 15393755     EISSN: 15502376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.78.051902     Document Type: Article

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