Optically ambidextrous circularly polarized reflection from the chiral cuticle of the scarab beetle Chrysina resplendens

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Volumn 14, Issue 131, 2017, Pages

  Finlayson, Ewan D ^a   McDonald, Luke T ^a   Vukusic, Pete ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biophotonics; Chirality; Helicoidal self assembly; Structural colour

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGY; BIREFRINGENCE; CHIRALITY; EXOSKELETON (ROBOTICS); PHOTONICS;

BIO PHOTONICS; CHIRAL NANOSTRUCTURES; CIRCULARLY POLARIZED; CIRCULARLY POLARIZED LIGHT; MULTILAYER CONFIGURATION; SCATTERING MATRIX TECHNIQUE; STRUCTURAL COLOUR; STRUCTURAL MORPHOLOGY;

CIRCULAR POLARIZATION;

NANOMATERIAL;

ARTICLE; BEETLE; CHIRALITY; CHRYSINA RESPLENDENS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CUTICLE; EXOSKELETON; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; POLARIZATION; REFLECTOMETRY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ANIMAL; BIREFRINGENCE; INTEGUMENTARY SYSTEM; LIGHT; PHYSIOLOGY; POLAROGRAPHY; SURFACE PROPERTY;

ANIMALS; BIREFRINGENCE; COLEOPTERA; INTEGUMENTARY SYSTEM; LIGHT; POLAROGRAPHY; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 85023203067     PISSN: 17425689     EISSN: 17425662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2017.0129     Document Type: Article

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