High refractive index of melanin in shiny occipital feathers of a bird of paradise

Sparkling feather reflections of a bird-of-paradise explained by finite-difference time-domain modeling

(2014) B. D. Wilts et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Quantifying the refractive index dispersion of a pigmented biological tissue using Jamin–Lebedeff interference microscopy

(2013) Doekele G Stavenga et al.   Light-Science & Applications

Sexual Dichromatism of the Damselfly Calopteryx japonica Caused by a Melanin-Chitin Multilayer in the Male Wing Veins

(2012) Doekele G. Stavenga et al.   PLoS One

Refractive index and dispersion of butterfly chitin and bird keratin measured by polarizing interference microscopy

(2011) Hein L. Leertouwer et al.   OPTICS EXPRESS

Polarized iridescence of the multilayered elytra of the Japanese jewel beetle, Chrysochroa fulgidissima

(2011) D. G. Stavenga et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Dramatic colour changes in a bird of paradise caused by uniquely structured breast feather barbules

(2010) D. G. Stavenga et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Structural Color of Rock Dove's Neck Feather

(2008) Eri Nakamura et al.   JOURNAL OF THE PHYSICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN

Structure and composition of the courtship phenotype in the bird of paradise Parotia lawesii (Aves: Paradisaeidae)

(2008) Edwin Scholes   ZOOLOGY