The Height of Chitinous Ridges Alone Produces the Entire Structural Color Palette

Abstract The colorful wings of butterflies result from the interaction between light and the intricate chitinous nanostructures on butterflies’ scales. This study demonstrates that just by reproducing the chitinous ridges present in butterfly scales (i.e., without any other secondary structure), the...

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Main Authors: Hemant Kumar Raut, Qifeng Ruan, Cédric Finet, Vinodkumar Saranathan, Joel K.W. Yang, Javier G. Fernandez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley-VCH 2022-12-01
Series:Advanced Materials Interfaces
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/admi.202201419
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