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

Bodo D. Wilts, Vinodkumar Saranathan

Small· Volume 14· Issue 46
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Abstract

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.
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OpenAlex topics: Fish biology, ecology, and behavior · Botanical Research and Applications · Microbial Metabolism and Applications

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Affiliations

Adolphe Merkle Institute University of Fribourg Chemin des Verdiers 4 1700 Fribourg Switzerland

Division of Science Yale‐NUS College 10 College Avenue West Singapore 138609 Singapore

NUS Nanotechnology and Nanoscience Initiative (NUSNNI‐NanoCore) National University of Singapore Singapore 117576 Singapore

Department of Biological Science National University of Singapore Singapore 117543 Singapore

Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum National University of Singapore Singapore 117377 Singapore

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