Structure, Function, and Self-Assembly of Single Network Gyroid (I4132) Photonic Crystals in Butterfly Wing Scales

Birgit Hausmann

Reference

V. Saranathan et. al. "Structure, Function, and Self-Assembly of Single Network Gyroid (I4<math>_1</math>32) Photonic Crystals in Butterfly Wing Scales" Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci., 107, 11676-11681 (2010)

Keywords

biological meta-materials, organismal color, biomimetics, biological cubic mesophases

Results and Discussion

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