Wrinkles enhance the diffuse reflection from the dragonfly Rhyothemis resplendens

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Volumn 12, Issue 103, 2015, Pages

  Nixon, M R ^a   Orr, A G ^b   Vukusic, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biophotonics; Dragonfly; Multilayer; Odonata; Structural colour; Wrinkles

Indexed keywords

PHOTONICS; SUPERCOMPUTERS;

BIO PHOTONICS; DRAGONFLY; ODONATA; STRUCTURAL COLOUR; WRINKLES;

MULTILAYERS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLUE LIGHT; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAMSELFLY; DRAGONFLY; FORELIMB; FOREST; HABITAT; LIGHT SCATTERING; MALE; MATRONOIDES CYANEIPENNIS; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; RHYOTHEMIS RESPLENDENS; SEX; SKIN COLOR; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; THICKNESS; VISIBILITY; WRINKLE; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; INSECT; WING;

ANISOPTERA (DRAGONFLIES); CALOPTERYGIDAE; LIBELLULIDAE; MATRONOIDES CYANEIPENNIS; ODONATA; RHYOTHEMIS; ZYGOPTERA;

ANIMALS; INSECTS; WINGS, ANIMAL;

EID: 85003272522     PISSN: 17425689     EISSN: 17425662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2014.0749     Document Type: Article

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