Measuring and modelling optical scattering and the colour quality of white pierid butterfly scales

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 17, 2009, Pages 14729-14743

  Luke, S M ^a   Vukusic, P ^a   Hallara, B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b IMERYS MINERALS LTD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLOR; REFLECTION;

COLOUR THEORIES; OPTICAL CHARACTERISTICS; OPTICAL SCATTERING; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; REFLECTANCE SPECTRUM; SCALE MORPHOLOGY; SCALE STRUCTURES; SCATTERING AND ABSORPTION;

PIGMENTS;

BIOMATERIAL; PTERIN DERIVATIVE;

ABSORPTION; ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BUTTERFLY; CHEMISTRY; FORELIMB; HISTOLOGY; LIGHT; MALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; OPTICS; PIGMENTATION; RADIATION SCATTERING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ABSORPTION; ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BUTTERFLIES; LIGHT; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OPTICS AND PHOTONICS; PIGMENTATION; PTERINS; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; WING;

EID: 69149088291     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.014729     Document Type: Article

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