Hemispherical Brillouin zone imaging of a diamond-type biological photonic crystal

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Volumn 9, Issue 72, 2012, Pages 1609-1614

  Wilts, Bodo D ^a   Michielsen, Kristel ^b   De Raedt, Hans ^a   Stavenga, Doekele G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biomaterials; Biomimetics; Coleoptera; Iridescence; Photonic bandgap materials; Structural colour

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOMATERIALS; BIOMIMETICS; DIAMONDS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; REFLECTION;

BIO PHOTONICS; BIOMIMICRY; BRILLOUIN ZONES; COLEOPTERA; FIRST BRILLOUIN ZONE; IRIDESCENCE; PHOTONIC BAND STRUCTURES; PHOTONIC BANDGAP MATERIALS; REFLECTANCE SPECTRUM; SCATTEROMETRY; STRUCTURAL COLOUR; VISIBLE-WAVELENGTH RANGE;

PHOTONIC CRYSTALS;

CHITIN; DIAMOND; NANOMATERIAL;

ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CRYSTAL; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENTIMUS IMPERIALIS; FIRST BRILLOUIN ZONE; IMAGING; NONHUMAN; PHOTONIC BAND STRUCTURE DIAGRAM; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL; REFLECTOMETRY; WEEVIL;

ANIMALIA; COLEOPTERA;

EID: 84863562923     PISSN: 17425689     EISSN: 17425662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2011.0730     Document Type: Article

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