Correlating nanostructures with function: Structural colors on the wings of a Malaysian bee

AIP Conference Proceedings

Volumn 1284, Issue , 2010, Pages 5-14

  Matin, T R ^a   Leong, M K ^b   Majlis, B Y ^a   Gebeshuber, I C ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF MICROENGINEERING AND NANOELECTRONICS IMEN   (Malaysia)

^b Crest Nano Solution (M) Sdn Bhd   (Malaysia)

^c VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

atomic force microscopy; biomimetics; natural nanostructures; structural colours

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951907036     PISSN: 0094243X     EISSN: 15517616     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3515563     Document Type: Conference Paper

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