Photonic Crystals: Extreme Optical Properties Tuned Through Phase Substitution in a Structurally Optimized Biological Photonic Polycrystal (Adv. Funct. Mater. 29/2013) | Zendy

Wu Xia | Zendy; Erbe Andreas | Zendy; Raabe Dierk | Zendy; Fabritius HelgeOtto | Zendy

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Photonic Crystals: Extreme Optical Properties Tuned Through Phase Substitution in a Structurally Optimized Biological Photonic Polycrystal (Adv. Funct. Mater. 29/2013)

Author(s) -

Wu Xia,

Erbe Andreas,

Raabe Dierk,

Fabritius HelgeOtto

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

advanced functional materials

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 6.069

H-Index - 322

eISSN - 1616-3028

pISSN - 1616-301X

DOI - 10.1002/adfm.201370144

Subject(s) - materials science , photonic crystal , photonics , structural coloration , diamond , phase (matter) , optoelectronics , nanotechnology , optics , composite material , physics , quantum mechanics

The beetle Entimus imperialis forms photonic crystals with a bicontinuous cubic structure of the diamond type in cuticular scales that show brilliant colors within well‐defined domains. On page 3615 , H.‐O. Fabritius and co‐workers report how the beetles tune the structural parameters and composition of these biological photonic crystals to achieve opposite extremes for their optical properties: the brightest colors possible or a colorless appearance.

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