Investigation of the Variation of Near-Circular Polarization in Scarabaeoidea Beetles

Carter, I.E.; Weir, K.; McCall, Martin W.

doi:10.1016/j.matpr.2017.04.100

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“…The spectrum of the C. optima has additionally two broad peaks in the visible range. Similar measured spectra, in the wavelength range 450–1000 nm, have been reported for these two scarab beetles [37]. The presence of shoulders or plateaus is a consequence of a range of depths through the cuticle where the pitch is almost constant (see Section 3.5).…”

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Photonic Crystal Characterization of the Cuticles of Chrysina chrysargyrea and Chrysina optima Jewel Scarab Beetles

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A unified description involving structural morphology and composition, dispersion of optical constants, modeled and measured reflection spectra and photonic crystal characterization is devised. Light reflection spectra by the cuticles of scarab beetles (Chrysina chrysargyrea and Chrysina optima), measured in the wavelength range 300–1000 nm, show spectrally structured broad bands. Scanning electron microscopy analysis shows that the pitches of the twisted structures responsible for the left-handed circularly polarized reflected light change monotonically with depth through the cuticles, making it possible to obtain the explicit depth-dependence for each cuticle arrangement considered. This variation is a key aspect, and it will be introduced in the context of Berreman’s formalism, which allows us to evaluate reflection spectra whose main features coincide in those displayed in measurements. Through the dispersion relation obtained from the Helmholtz’s equation satisfied by the circular components of the propagating fields, the presence of a photonic band gap is established for each case considered. These band gaps depend on depth through the cuticle, and their spectral positions change with depth. This explains the presence of broad bands in the reflection spectra, and their spectral features correlate with details in the variation of the pitch with depth. The twisted structures consist of chitin nanofibrils whose optical anisotropy is not large enough so as to be approached from modeling the measured reflection spectra. The presence of a high birefringence substance embedded in the chitin matrix is required. In this sense, the presence of uric acid crystallites through the cuticle is strongly suggested by frustrated attenuated total reflection and Raman spectroscopy analysis. The complete optical modeling is performed incorporating the wavelength-dependent optical constants of chitin and uric acid.

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“…Three main peaks are distinguished, with some superimposed irregular spectral structure. A similar spectrum, in the wavelength range 450−1000 nm, has been previously reported [64]. The monotonous depth dependence of the pitch is not incorporated in the modeling of the reflection spectrum by these authors.…”

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Photonic Crystal Characterization of the Cuticles of Chrysina chrysargyrea and Chrysina optima Jewel Scarab Beetles

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“…Some organisms are thought to sense circularly polarized light through their vision organs for communication and identification. For instance, Stomatopods and Coleopterans reflect left or right circularly polarized light selectively through their body parts containing a gradually twisted layered structure, i.e., Bouligand structure. − At the molecular level, chiral organic − and inorganic coordination − substances exhibit circularly polarized luminescence (CPL) upon excitation. Their chiroptical performance is evaluated from the luminescence dissymmetry factor g lum = 2 ( I R – I L )/( I R + I L ), where I R and I L are the emission intensities of the right and left circularly polarized components, respectively.…”

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Visible Circularly Polarized Luminescence of Octanuclear Circular Eu(III) Helicate

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This work reports on the structural and photophysical characterization of D 4 -symmetrical octanuclear circular Ln III helicates, [(R)-or (S)-i Pr-Pybox] 8 (Ln III ) 8 (THP) 8 (where Ln = Eu and Tb, THP = trianionic tris-β-diketonate, and i Pr-Pybox = chiral bis(4-isopropyl-2-oxazolinyl)pyridine). X-ray crystallographic analysis revealed that the octanuclear circular helicate possesses square antiprism architecture and consists of four [(R)or (S)-i Pr-Pybox] 2 Ln III 2 (THP) 2 asymmetric units arranged in a closed ring form. Ligand-to-ligand interactions between the THP and the i Pr-Pybox ligands have successfully directed formation of enantiopure, homoconfigurational (Δ,Δ,Δ,Δ,Δ,Δ,Δ,Δ)-R and (Λ,Λ,Λ,Λ,Λ,Λ,Λ,Λ)-S isomers. All of the nonacoordinated Ln III ions are identical and exhibit a distorted capped square antiprism (CSAP) geometry. Upon excitation of the ligand absorption band (λ = 360 nm), the circular helicates display characteristic Eu III (red, 5 D 0 → 7 F J , J = 0−4) or Tb III (green, 5 D 4 → 7 F J , J = 6−3) core f−f luminescence. The overall emission quantum yields of the circular Eu III and Tb III helicates are 0.145 and 0.0013, respectively, in chloroform. The Eu III and Tb III complexes exhibit remarkable circularly polarized luminescence (CPL) activity at their magnetic dipole transition with observed luminescence dissymmetry factors |g lum | of 1.25 ( 5 D 0 → 7 F 1 , λ = 592 nm) and 0.25 ( 5 D 4 → 7 F 5, λ = 541 nm), respectively. Exceptional |g lum | values of the circular Eu III helicates highlight the visible intensity difference between left and right circularly polarized emissions of R and S isomers in chloroform and PMMA thin film.

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Investigation of the Variation of Near-Circular Polarization in Scarabaeoidea Beetles

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Photonic Crystal Characterization of the Cuticles of Chrysina chrysargyrea and Chrysina optima Jewel Scarab Beetles

Photonic Crystal Characterization of the Cuticles of Chrysina chrysargyrea and Chrysina optima Jewel Scarab Beetles

Visible Circularly Polarized Luminescence of Octanuclear Circular Eu(III) Helicate

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