Analysing photonic structures in plants

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Volumn 10, Issue 87, 2013, Pages

  Vignolini, Silvia ^a,b   Moyroud, Edwige ^c   Glover, Beverley J ^c   Steiner, Ullrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Iridescence; Multilayer interference; Plant cuticle; Spectroscopy; Structural colour in plants

Indexed keywords

COLOR; OPTICAL MULTILAYERS; SPECTROSCOPY;

DEGREE OF CONFIDENCE; EXPERIMENTAL APPROACHES; IRIDESCENCE; MICROSCOPIC STRUCTURES; MULTILAYER INTERFERENCE; PERIODIC MULTILAYERS; PLANT CUTICLES; STRUCTURAL COLOUR;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

COLOR; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; DIFFRACTION; DIFFRACTION GRATING; FLOWER; FRUIT; LIGHT SCATTERING; NONHUMAN; OPTICS; PLANT LEAF; PLANT STRUCTURES; PLANT TISSUE; REVIEW; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANGIOSPERM; COMMELINACEAE; PLANT; SELAGINELLACEAE; TULIP; ULTRASTRUCTURE; ARTICLE; HISTOLOGY; IRIDESCENCE; MULTILAYER INTERFERENCE; PLANT CUTICLE; SPECTROSCOPY; STRUCTURAL COLOUR IN PLANTS;

ANGIOSPERMS; COLOR; COMMELINACEAE; FLOWERS; FRUIT; OPTICS AND PHOTONICS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANTS; SELAGINELLACEAE; TULIPA;

IRIDESCENCE; MULTILAYER INTERFERENCE; PLANT CUTICLE; SPECTROSCOPY; STRUCTURAL COLOUR IN PLANTS;

EID: 84883222747     PISSN: 17425689     EISSN: 17425662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2013.0394     Document Type: Review

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