A photonic heterostructure produces diverse iridescent colours in duck wing patches

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Volumn 9, Issue 74, 2012, Pages 2279-2289

  Eliason, Chad M ^a   Shawkey, Matthew D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

Author keywords

Anatidae; Iridescence; Nanophotonics; Photonic crystal; Sexual selection; Thin films

Indexed keywords

BIRDS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; NANOPHOTONICS; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; THIN FILMS;

ANATIDAE; BIO PHOTONICS; HEXAGONAL LATTICE; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATIONS; IRIDESCENCE; IRIDESCENT COLOUR; NANOSTRUCTURAL; OPTICAL MODELLING; ORDERED NANOSTRUCTURES; SEXUAL SELECTION;

COLOR;

KERATIN; NANOMATERIAL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COLOR; DUCK; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; FORELIMB; MALE; MELANOSOME; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; POLARIZATION; REFRACTION INDEX; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ANAS; ANATIDAE; AVES;

EID: 84866177710     PISSN: 17425689     EISSN: 17425662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2012.0118     Document Type: Article

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