Simulations tools for natural photonic structures

Boulenguez, J.; Berthier, Serge; Vigneron, Jean Pol

doi:10.1016/j.physb.2006.12.023

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“…Morpho didius, for example, has special transparent cover scales, which widen the angular spread of the color generated, opposite to the usual way by the ground scales [47]. Nevertheless, most groups model Morpho-type scales with 1D structures [43,[46][47][48]95]. A more complex treatment of the color generation of Morphotype scales was given by Gralak et al [45].…”

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Photonic nanoarchitectures in butterflies and beetles: valuable sources for bioinspiration

Biró

Vigneron

2010

Laser & Photonics Reviews

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Nature began developing photonic nanoarchitectures millions of years before humankind. Often, in the living world, color is a communication channel that may influence the chance of the individual surviving as well as the chance to reproduce. Therefore, natural color-generating structures are highly optimized by many millennia of evolution. In this review, a survey is presented of the development of natural photonic crystal-type nanoarchitectures occurring in butterflies and beetles from the standpoint of physics and materials science, covering the past ten years. One-, two-, and three-dimensional structures are reviewed, emphasizing the role that disorder, or irregularity, may play in natural nanoarchitectures to achieve certain visual effects. The characterization, modeling methods, and rapidly growing number of bioinspired or biomimetic applications are discussed.

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