Structural colour from helicoidal cell-wall architecture in fruits of Margaritaria nobilis

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Volumn 13, Issue 124, 2016, Pages

  Vignolini, Silvia ^a   Gregory, Thomas ^b   Kolle, Mathias ^d   Lethbridge, Alfie ^c   Moyroud, Edwige ^a   Steiner, Ullrich ^e   Glover, Beverley J ^a   Vukusic, Peter ^c   Rudall, Paula J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^d MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cellulose; Circular dichroism; Helicoidal cell wall; Iridescence; Natural photonics; Structural colour

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE; CYTOLOGY; DICHROISM; FRUITS; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; OPTICAL DATA PROCESSING; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CELL WALL STRUCTURE; CELL WALLS; CIRCULARLY POLARIZED; HYPERSPECTRAL; IRIDESCENCE; OPTICAL MEASUREMENT; SINGLE-CELL LEVEL; STRUCTURAL COLOUR;

CELLS;

CELLULOSE;

ARTICLE; CELL WALL; COLOR; FRUIT; MARGARITARIA NOBILIS; NONHUMAN; PHYLLANTHACEAE; POLARIZATION; POLARIZATION RESOLVED SPECTROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SINGLE CELL ANALYSIS; SPECTROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ANGIOSPERM; CYTOLOGY;

CELLULOSE; DICHROISM; FRUITS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANGIOSPERMS; FRUIT;

EID: 85006096660     PISSN: 17425689     EISSN: 17425662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2016.0645     Document Type: Article

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