Discovery of the surface polarity gradient on iridescent Morpho butterfly scales reveals a mechanism of their selective vapor response

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 110, Issue 39, 2013, Pages 15567-15572

  Potyrailo, Radislav A ^a,b   Starkey, Timothy A ^b   Vukusic, Peter ^b   Ghiradella, Helen ^c   Vasudev, Milana ^d   Bunning, Timothy ^d   Naik, Rajesh R ^d   Tang, Zhexiong ^a   Larsen, Michael ^a   Deng, Tao ^a,e   Zhong, Sheng ^a   Palacios, Manuel ^a   Grande, James C ^a   Zorn, Gilad ^a   Goddard, Gregory ^a   Zalubovsky, Sergey ^a  

^a GE GLOBAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^d AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^e SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Image analysis; Multivariable sensing; Spectral analysis; Surface characterization; Transmission electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

NANOMATERIAL;

ARTICLE; BIOSENSOR; BUTTERFLY; CUTICLE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MORPHO BUTTERFLY; NONHUMAN; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; SPECTROSCOPY; SURFACE PROPERTY; TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VAPOR;

IMAGE ANALYSIS; MULTIVARIABLE SENSING; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; SURFACE CHARACTERIZATION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMAL STRUCTURES; ANIMALS; BUTTERFLIES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; OPTICAL PHENOMENA; OXYGEN; PIGMENTATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; VOLATILIZATION;

EID: 84884612863     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1311196110     Document Type: Article

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