Electron tomography, three-dimensional Fourier analysis and colour prediction of a three-dimensional amorphous biophotonic nanostructure

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Volumn 6, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2009, Pages

  Shawkey, Matthew D ^a   Saranathan, Vinodkumar ^b   Pálsdóttir, Hildur ^c   Crum, John ^d   Ellisman, Mark H ^d   Auer, Manfred ^c   Prum, Richard O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biophotonics; Feathers; Fourier analysis; Structural colour; Tomography

Indexed keywords

COLOR; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTRON BEAMS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPES; ELECTRONS; FOURIER ANALYSIS; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; LIGHT; LIGHT ABSORPTION; NANOSTRUCTURES; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; REFRACTIVE INDEX; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

AMORPHOUS NANOSTRUCTURES; BICONTINUOUS; BIOPHOTONICS; ELECTRON TOMOGRAPHY; FEATHERS; HIGH-POWER ELECTRON BEAMS; IMAGE SECTION; MATRIX; OPTICAL ANALYSIS; PHOTONIC NANOSTRUCTURES; PHOTONIC STRUCTURE; REFLECTANCE SPECTRUM; SELECTIVE ABSORPTION; SHORT RANGE ORDERS; SPATIAL SCALE; STRUCTURAL COLOUR; THREE DIMENSIONS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL DATA; TOMOGRAPHIC RECONSTRUCTION;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

NANOMATERIAL;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRD; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; COLOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON BEAM; FEATHER; FOURIER ANALYSIS; LIGHT REFRACTION; LIGHT SCATTERING; NONHUMAN; PHOTON; REFRACTION INDEX; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ELECTRON MICROSCOPE TOMOGRAPHY; LIGHT RELATED PHENOMENA; PHYSIOLOGY; SONGBIRD;

SIALIA SIALIS;

ANIMALS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPE TOMOGRAPHY; FEATHERS; FOURIER ANALYSIS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NANOSTRUCTURES; OPTICAL PHENOMENA; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 65349186446     PISSN: 17425689     EISSN: 17425662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2008.0374.focus     Document Type: Article

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