The structure-function relationships of a natural nanoscale photonic device in cuttlefish chromatophores

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Volumn 11, Issue 93, 2014, Pages

  Deravi, Leila F ^a   Magyar, Andrew P ^b   Sheehy, Sean P ^a   Bell, George R R ^d   Mäthger, Lydia M ^d   Senft, Stephen L ^d   Wardill, Trevor J ^d   Lane, William S ^c   Kuzirian, Alan M ^d   Hanlon, Roger T ^d   Hu, Evelyn L ^b   Parker, Kevin Kit ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Camouflage; Cephalopod; Chromatophores; Photonics; Reflectin

Indexed keywords

CAMOUFLAGE; GRANULATION; NANOSTRUCTURES; PHOTONICS; PROTEINS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SHELLFISH;

CEPHALOPOD; CHROMATOPHORES; HOMOGENEOUS CLUSTER; NANOSCALE PHOTONICS; OPTICAL RESPONSE; REFLECTIN; SEPIA OFFICINALIS; STRUCTURE-FUNCTION RELATIONSHIP;

MOLLUSCS;

NANOMATERIAL; PIGMENT; REFLECTIN;

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CEPHALOPOD; CHROMATOPHORE; COLOR; CUTTLEFISH; LIGHT ABSORPTION; NANOANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; OPTICS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; REFRACTION INDEX; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; ANIMAL; CAMOUFLAGE; CYTOLOGY; HISTOLOGY; METABOLISM; PHOTONICS; PHYSIOLOGY; SKIN PIGMENTATION;

CAMOUFLAGE; CEPHALOPOD; CHROMATOPHORES; PHOTONICS; REFLECTIN;

ANIMALS; CHROMATOPHORES; DECAPODIFORMES; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL; SKIN PIGMENTATION;

EID: 84896950727     PISSN: 17425689     EISSN: 17425662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2013.0942     Document Type: Article

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