Natural photonics for industrial inspiration

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 367, Issue 1894, 2009, Pages 1759-1782

  Parker, Andrew R ^a,b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biomimetics; Optics; Photonics

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERING METHODS; NATURAL WORLD; OPTICAL CHARACTERIZATION;

BIOMIMETICS;

BIOMIMETIC MATERIAL;

ANIMAL; BIOMIMETICS; BIRD; BUTTERFLY; CRYSTALLIZATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FLY; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; OPTICS; POLYCHAETA; REVIEW; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; BIOMIMETIC MATERIALS; BIOMIMETICS; BIRDS; BUTTERFLIES; CRYSTALLIZATION; DIPTERA; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; MATERIALS TESTING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OPTICAL DEVICES; OPTICS AND PHOTONICS; POLYCHAETA;

EID: 67149134789     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2009.0016     Document Type: Article

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