Structural colors in the realm of nature / Shuichi Kinoshita.

By:

Kinoshita, Shåuichi, 1949-

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World Scientific (Firm)

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text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9789812709752
9812709754
9812707832
9789812707833

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591.472 22

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QL767

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Contents:

1. Introduction. 1.1. What is structural color? 1.2. Historical overview -- 2. Fundamentals of structural coloration. 2.1. Fundamentals of properties of light. 2.2. Thin-film interference. 2.3. Multilayer interference. 2.4. Diffraction of light and diffraction grating. 2.5. Photonic crystals. 2.6. Light scattering -- 3. Butterflies and moths. 3.1. General descriptions. 3.2. Morpho butterflies. 3.3. Overview of the structural coloration in butterflies and moths -- 4. Beetles and other insects. 4.1. Overview. 4.2. Beetles. 4.3. Damselflies and dragonflies. 4.4. Shield bugs and cicadas. 4.5. Other insects -- 5. Birds. 5.1. Overview. 5.2. Peacocks, pheasants, and ducks. 5.3. Hummingbirds. 5.4. Trogons. 5.5. Pigeons. 5.6. Non-iridescent colorations -- kingfishers, parakeets, cotingas, and jays -- 6. Fish. 6.1. General description. 6.2. Static iridophores. 6.3. Motile iridophores. 6.4. Motile iridophores -- 7. Plants -- 8. Miscellaneous. 8.1. Shells. 8.2. Spiders. 8.3. Marine animals -- 9. Mathematical background. 9.1. Calculations of multilayer reflection. 9.2. Model for Morpho butterfly scale. 9.3. Antireflection effect. 9.4. Average refractive index. 9.5. Cholesteric liquid crystal.

Summary: Coloring in nature comes mostly from inherent colors of materials, though it sometimes has a purely physical origin such as diffraction or interference of light. The latter, called structural color or iridescence, has long been a problem of scientific interest. Recently, structural colors have attracted great interest because various photonic architectures, now developing in modern technologies, have been spontaneously created in the self-organization process and have been extensively used as one of the important visual functions. In this book, the fundamental optical properties underlying structural colors are explained, and these mysteries of nature are surveyed from the viewpoint of biological diversity and according to their sophisticated structures. The book proposes a general principle of structural colors based on the structural hierarchy and presents up-to-date applications.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-285) and indexes.

Coloring in nature comes mostly from inherent colors of materials, though it sometimes has a purely physical origin such as diffraction or interference of light. The latter, called structural color or iridescence, has long been a problem of scientific interest. Recently, structural colors have attracted great interest because various photonic architectures, now developing in modern technologies, have been spontaneously created in the self-organization process and have been extensively used as one of the important visual functions. In this book, the fundamental optical properties underlying structural colors are explained, and these mysteries of nature are surveyed from the viewpoint of biological diversity and according to their sophisticated structures. The book proposes a general principle of structural colors based on the structural hierarchy and presents up-to-date applications.

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