The Japanese jewel beetle: A painter's challenge

Bioinspiration and Biomimetics

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Schenk, Franziska ^a   Wilts, Bodo D ^b   Stavenga, Doekele G ^b  

^a BIRMINGHAM CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLOURATION; IRIDESCENT COLOUR; LAYERED MICROSTRUCTURE; MULTILAYER REFLECTORS; SCIENTIFIC RESEARCHES;

COLOR;

GEMS;

BIOMIMETIC MATERIAL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; BEETLE; BIOMIMETICS; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; COLOR; METHODOLOGY; PAINTING; SYNTHESIS; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; BIOMIMETIC MATERIALS; BIOMIMETICS; COLOR; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MODELS, CHEMICAL; PAINTINGS;

EID: 84888991469     PISSN: 17483182     EISSN: 17483190     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-3182/8/4/045002     Document Type: Article

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