Silica nanoparticles aid in structural leaf coloration in the Malaysian tropical rainforest understorey herb Mapania caudata

Annals of Botany

Volumn 112, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1141-1148

  Strout, Greg ^a   Russell, Scott D ^a   Pulsifer, Drew P ^b   Erten, Sema ^b   Lakhtakia, Akhlesh ^b   Lee, David W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

^c FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

cell wall; circular polarization; Cyperaceae; epidermis; helicoids; iridescence; leaf; Mapania; nanoparticle; photonics; silica

Indexed keywords

CELL ORGANELLE; CELLULOSE; COLOR; HERB; OPTICAL PROPERTY; PARTICULATE MATTER; PLASTID; POLARIZATION; PRESSURE EFFECT; RAINFOREST; SEDGE; SILICA; SPECTRAL REFLECTANCE; UNDERSTORY;

CELLULOSE; NANOPARTICLE; SILICON DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; CELL WALL; CHEMISTRY; CIRCULAR POLARIZATION; COLOR; CYPERACEAE; EPIDERMIS; HELICOIDS; IRIDESCENCE; MAPANIA; METABOLISM; OPTICS; PHOTONICS; PLANT EPIDERMIS; PLANT LEAF; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CELL WALL; CIRCULAR POLARIZATION; CYPERACEAE; EPIDERMIS; HELICOIDS; IRIDESCENCE; LEAF; MAPANIA; NANOPARTICLE; PHOTONICS; SILICA;

CELL WALL; CELLULOSE; COLOR; CYPERACEAE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; NANOPARTICLES; OPTICS AND PHOTONICS; PLANT EPIDERMIS; PLANT LEAVES; SILICON DIOXIDE;

EID: 84885000171     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mct172     Document Type: Article

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