Unexplained high sensitivity of the reflectance of porous natural photonic structures to the presence of gases and vapours in the atmosphere

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 8424, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Mouchet, S ^a   Deparis, O ^a   Vigneron, J P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAMUR   (Belgium)

Author keywords

bioinspiration; Bruggeman effective medium; Butterfly wing; nanoarchitecture; natural photonic crystal; reflectance spectra; selective gas vapour sensor; structural colour

Indexed keywords

BIO-INSPIRATION; BUTTERFLY WINGS; EFFECTIVE MEDIUM; NANO-ARCHITECTURE; REFLECTANCE SPECTRUM; STRUCTURAL COLOUR;

COLOR; NANOPHOTONICS; POROUS MATERIALS; REFLECTION; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SENSORS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

PHOTONIC CRYSTALS;

EID: 84863539224     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.921784     Document Type: Conference Paper

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