Bioinspired artificial photonic nanoarchitecture using the elytron of the beetle Trigonophorus rothschildi varians as a 'blueprint'

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Volumn 7, Issue 47, 2010, Pages 887-894

  Biro L P ^a   Kertesz K ^a   Horvath E ^a   Mark G I ^a   Molnar G ^a   Vertesy Z ^a   Tsai, J F ^b   Kun, A ^c   Balint Zs ^c   Vigneron, J P ^d  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR TECHNICAL PHYSICS AND MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Hungary)

^b NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY   (Hungary)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NAMUR   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Artificial photonic nanoarchitectures; Bioinspired; Intercalated photonic nanoarchitecture; Photonic nanoarchitectures of biological origin; Structural and optical characterization

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; MULTILAYERS; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION;

ARTIFICIAL PHOTONIC NANOARCHITECTURES; BIOINSPIRED; INTERCALATED PHOTONIC NANOARCHITECTURE; NANO-ARCHITECTURE; NANOARCHITECTURES; OPTICAL CHARACTERIZATION;

SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

NANOMATERIAL;

ARTICLE; BEETLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; NANOFABRICATION; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOTON; REFLECTOMETRY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TRIGONOPHORUS ROTHSCHILDI;

EID: 77953151160     PISSN: 17425689     EISSN: 17425662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2009.0438     Document Type: Article

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