• DocumentCode
    690150
  • 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
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    9-14 June 2013
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6834543