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A Literal Elytral Rainbow: Tunable Structural Colors Using Single Diamond Biophotonic Crystals in Pachyrrhynchus congestus Weevils.

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Published in 2018 at "Small"

DOI: 10.1002/smll.201802328

Abstract: The brilliant colors of many insects arise from the interference of incident light with complex nanostructured biomaterials that are present in their cuticle. Here, the rainbow-colored spots on the elytra of a snout weevil, Pachyrrhynchus… read more here.

Keywords: structural colors; pachyrrhynchus congestus; single diamond; rainbow ... See more keywords