Biophotonics: A Literal Elytral Rainbow: Tunable Structural Colors Using Single Diamond Biophotonic Crystals in Pachyrrhynchus congestus Weevils (Small 46/2018)

In article number 1802328, Bodo D. Wilts and Vinodkumar Saranathan uncover the optical mechanism of colour tuning employed by the snout weevil, P. congestus pavonius. Different‐coloured wing scales are achieved by simultaneously adjusting both the lattice parameters and the filling fractions of sing...

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Published in:Small (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany) Germany), 2018-11, Vol.14 (46), p.n/a
Main Authors: Wilts, Bodo D., Saranathan, Vinodkumar
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
biophotonics
iridescent biological displays
single diamond biophotonic crystals
structurally colored weevils
tunable colors
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Summary:In article number 1802328, Bodo D. Wilts and Vinodkumar Saranathan uncover the optical mechanism of colour tuning employed by the snout weevil, P. congestus pavonius. Different‐coloured wing scales are achieved by simultaneously adjusting both the lattice parameters and the filling fractions of single diamond photonic crystals to achieve the remarkable tuning of the structural colours across the visible light spectrum.
ISSN:1613-6810
1613-6829
DOI:10.1002/smll.201870212