Photonic structure arrays generated using butterfly wing scales as biological units

We report an effective process to transfer the scales of Morpho butterflies onto various substrates. Based on the difference in binding strength between molecular interactions and chemical bonds, this method provides photonic structure arrays with biological units, which are difficult to obtain othe...

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Published inJournal of materials chemistry. B, Materials for biology and medicine Vol. 3; no. 9; pp. 1743 - 1747
Main Authors Tian, Xinchun, Song, Guofen, Ding, Xiang, Gu, Jiajun, Liu, Qinglei, Zhang, Wang, Su, Huilan, Kang, Danmiao, Qin, Zhen, Zhang, Di
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England 07.03.2015
Subjects
Arrays
Binding
Biological
Biology
Butterflies
Molecular interactions
Molecular structure
Photonics
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Summary:We report an effective process to transfer the scales of Morpho butterflies onto various substrates. Based on the difference in binding strength between molecular interactions and chemical bonds, this method provides photonic structure arrays with biological units, which are difficult to obtain otherwise.
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ISSN:2050-750X
2050-7518
DOI:10.1039/c4tb01691b