Physical methods for investigating structural colours in biological systems

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Volumn 6, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2009, Pages

  Vukusic, P ^a   Stavenga, D G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Iridescence; Microscopy; Multilayers; Photonics; Spectrometry; Structural colour

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS; COLOR; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; MULTILAYERS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SPECTROMETERS; SPECTROMETRY;

COSTS AND BENEFITS; ENGINEERED SYSTEMS; EVOLUTIONARY PROCESS; FIBRE OPTIC; INTEGRATING SPHERES; IRIDESCENCE; MICROOPTICAL DEVICES; MICROSCOPY; MICROSPECTROPHOTOMETERS; PHOTODIODE ARRAYS; PHOTONIC SYSTEMS; PHYSICAL METHODS; RESEARCH FIELDS; SCATTEROMETERS; SPECTROMETRIC METHODS; STRUCTURAL COLOUR; THEORETICAL APPROACH;

PHOTONIC CRYSTALS;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; COLOR; COLOR VISION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRIC FIELD; FIBER OPTICS; IMAGING SYSTEM; LIGHT; LIGHT EMITTING DIODE; LIGHT SCATTERING; NONHUMAN; OPTICS; PHOTON; REFRACTION INDEX; REVIEW; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; SPECTROPHOTOMETER; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VISIBILITY; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; BUTTERFLY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEATHER; FORELIMB; LIGHT RELATED PHENOMENA; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ANIMALIA;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; BUTTERFLIES; FEATHERS; FIBER OPTIC TECHNOLOGY; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OPTICAL PHENOMENA; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; WING;

EID: 65349095134     PISSN: 17425689     EISSN: 17425662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2008.0386.focus     Document Type: Review

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