Mechanism of variable structural colour in the neon tetra: Quantitative evaluation of the Venetian blind model

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Volumn 8, Issue 54, 2011, Pages 56-66

  Yoshioka, S ^a   Matsuhana, B ^a   Tanaka, S ^a   Inouye, Y ^a   Oshima, N ^b   Kinoshita, S ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOHO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Colour change; Fish colouration; Iridophore; Tunable colour

Indexed keywords

NEON; OPTICAL MULTILAYERS; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; PLATELETS;

BIRD FEATHERS; BUTTERFLY WINGS; COLOUR CHANGE; IRIDOPHORE; LIGHT INTENSITY; OPTICAL INTERFERENCE; OPTICAL STUDY; QUANTITATIVE EVALUATION; REFLECTED LIGHT; STRUCTURAL COLOUR; SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT; TUNABLE COLOUR; VENETIAN BLIND;

COLOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; COLOR; FISH; LIGHT; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NEON TETRA; NONHUMAN; PIGMENT CELL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; THROMBOCYTE; VALIDATION PROCESS; VENETIAN BLIND MODEL;

AVES; PARACHEIRODON INNESI;

EID: 78650806930     PISSN: 17425689     EISSN: 17425662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2010.0253     Document Type: Article

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