Iridescence and spectral filtering of the gyroid-type photonic crystals in parides sesostris wing scales

Interface Focus

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 681-687

  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; Iridescence; Optical filtering; Papilionidae; Photonic crystal

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865383928     PISSN: 20428898     EISSN: 20428901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsfs.2011.0082     Document Type: Article

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