TY - JOUR
T1 - Photonic nanoarchitectures in butterflies and beetles
T2 - Valuable sources for bioinspiration
AU - Biró, L.P.
AU - Vigneron, J.P.
PY - 2011/1/1
Y1 - 2011/1/1
N2 - 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.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. Here, 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.
AB - 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.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. Here, 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.
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U2 - 10.1002/lpor.200900018
DO - 10.1002/lpor.200900018
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:78650585740
SN - 1863-8880
VL - 5
SP - 27
EP - 51
JO - Laser and Photonics Reviews
JF - Laser and Photonics Reviews
IS - 1
ER -