Optical properties of SiO2 and ZnO nanostructured replicas of butterfly wing scales

Nano Research

Volumn 4, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 737-745

  Xu, Zhe ^a   Yu, Ke ^a   Li, Bo ^a   Huang, Rong ^a   Wu, Ping ^a   Mao, Huibing ^a   Liao, Na ^a   Zhu, Ziqiang ^a  

^a EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

biotemplate; diffraction; optical anisotropy; ZnO

Indexed keywords

EID: 79961029125     PISSN: 19980124     EISSN: 19980000     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-011-0130-0     Document Type: Article

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