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Photonic structures in biology

Pete Vukusic and J. Roy Sambles

Nature 424, 852-855(14 August 2003)

doi:10.1038/nature01941

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Peripheral layer of ophiocomid brittlestars.

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Iridescent setae from polychaete worms.

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Iridescence in the butterfly Morpho rhetenor.

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Iridiscence in Papilo palinurus.

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Structural colour in flora.

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The green colour of Parides sesostris is created by a photonic crystal.

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Anti-reflective nipple arrays.

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