Study of natural photonic crystals in beetle scales and their conversion into inorganic structures via a sol–gel bio-templating route

Many variations on a few themes: a broader look at development of iridescent scales (and feathers)

(2009) H. T Ghiradella et al.   Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Biomorphic mineralization: From biology to materials

(2009) Tong-Xiang Fan et al.   PROGRESS IN MATERIALS SCIENCE

Biomimetization of butterfly wings by the conformal-evaporated-film-by-rotation technique for photonics

(2008) R. J. Martín-Palma et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Optimizing Sol−Gel Infiltration and Processing Methods for the Fabrication of High-Quality Planar Titania Inverse Opals

(2008) Jeremy W. Galusha et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Novel Photoanode Structure Templated from Butterfly Wing Scales

(2008) Wang Zhang et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Biosynthesis of cathodoluminescent zinc oxide replicas using butterfly (Papilio paris) wing scales as templates

(2008) Wang Zhang et al.   Materials Science & Engineering C-Materials for Biological Applications

Replication of fly eyes by the conformal-evaporated-film-by-rotation technique

(2008) R J Martín-Palma et al.   NANOTECHNOLOGY

Composite organic-inorganic butterfly scales: Production of photonic structures with atomic layer deposition

(2008) Davy P. Gaillot et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW E

Discovery of a diamond-based photonic crystal structure in beetle scales

(2008) Jeremy W. Galusha et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW E

Physics of structural colors

(2008) S Kinoshita et al.   REPORTS ON PROGRESS IN PHYSICS

Photonic band gap materials in butterfly scales: A possible source of “blueprints”

(2007) K. Kertész et al.   Materials Science and Engineering B-Advanced Functional Solid-State Materials