Subtle design changes control the difference in colour reflection from the dorsal and ventral wing-membrane surfaces of the damselfly Matronoides cyaneipennis

Optics Express

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 1479-1488

  Nixon, M R ^a   Orr, A G ^b   Vukusic, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; DISTRIBUTED BRAGG REFLECTORS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

DESIGN CHANGE; DESIGN PARAMETERS; OUTER SURFACE; REFLECTOR SYSTEM; SECOND LAYER;

COLOR;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COLOR; COLORIMETRY; DIPTERA; FORELIMB; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; REFRACTOMETRY; SURFACE PROPERTY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; COLOR; COLORIMETRY; DIPTERA; MATERIALS TESTING; REFRACTOMETRY; SURFACE PROPERTIES; WING;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84874027404     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.21.001479     Document Type: Article

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