Title :
Color production by isotropic nanostructures with short-range order in bird feather barbs
Author :
Hui Cao ; Heeso Noh ; Seng-Fett Liew ; Saranathan, Vinodkumar ; Prum, Richard ; Forster, J. ; Dufresne, Eric ; Mochrie, Simon
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Appl. Phys., Yale Univ., New Haven, CT, USA
Abstract :
We studied how the short-range-ordered nanostructures in bird feather barbs create angle-invariant colors. By manipulating the interplay between light scattering and absorption, we fabricated biomimetic nanostructures that produce isotropic color.
Keywords :
biomimetics; colour; light scattering; nanobiotechnology; nanophotonics; nanostructured materials; angle-invariant colors; biomimetic nanostructures; bird feather barbs; color production; isotropic nanostructures; light absorption; light scattering; short-range-ordered nanostructures; Birds; Color; Feathers; Films; Image color analysis; Nanostructures; Scattering;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
