Iridescence from photonic crystals and its suppression in butterfly scales

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Volumn 6, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2009, Pages

  Poladian, Leon ^a   Wickham, Shelley ^a   Lee, Kwan ^a   Large, Maryanne C J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Butterfly; Colour; Optics; Photonic crystal

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL ATOMIC STRUCTURE; SILICON ON INSULATOR TECHNOLOGY;

ANGULAR VARIATION; BUTTERFLY; BUTTERFLY SPECIES; COLOUR; PHOTONIC BAND GAP PROPERTIES; REFLECTION SPECTRA;

PHOTONIC CRYSTALS;

ARTICLE; BUTTERFLY; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; COLOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL; EVOLUTION; LIGHT REFRACTION; NONHUMAN; PHOTON; POLARIZATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECTROSCOPY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; FORELIMB; GENETICS; LIGHT RELATED PHENOMENA; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BUTTERFLIES; EVOLUTION; OPTICAL PHENOMENA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WING;

EID: 65349088443     PISSN: 17425689     EISSN: 17425662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2008.0353.focus     Document Type: Article

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