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Optical structure and function of the white filamentary hair covering the edelweiss bractsJean Pol Vigneron
Laboratoire de Physique du Solide, Facultes Universitaires Notre Dame de la Paix, 61 rue de Bruxelles, B 5000 Namur, Belgium
Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys 71:011906. 2005..Calculations based on a photonic-crystal model provide insight on the way radiation can be absorbed by the filamentary threads...
Scale coloration change following water absorption in the beetle Hoplia coerulea (Coleoptera)Marie Rassart
Research center in Physics of Matter and Radiation, University of Namur FUNDP, 61 rue de Bruxelles, B 5000 Namur, Belgium
Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys 80:031910. 2009..The natural mechanism shows the way to produce a very efficient hygrochromic material: a medium which significantly changes color when its water contents are modified...
Reverse color sequence in the diffraction of white light by the wing of the male butterfly Pierella luna (Nymphalidae: Satyrinae)Jean Pol Vigneron
Research center in Physics of Matter and Radiation, University of Namur, Belgium
Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys 82:021903. 2010....
Correlated diffraction and fluorescence in the backscattering iridescence of the male butterfly Troides magellanus (Papilionidae)Jean Pol Vigneron
Laboratoire de Physique du Solide, Facultes Universitaires Notre Dame de la Paix, rue de Bruxelles, 61, B 5000 Namur, Belgium
Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys 78:021903. 2008..These effects are analyzed, with the conclusion that both of them depend on the same optical device: a one-dimensional microribs grating which appear on the sides of the ridges that run along the yellow scales...
Switchable reflector in the Panamanian tortoise beetle Charidotella egregia (Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae)Jean Pol Vigneron
Departement de Physique, Facultes Universitaires Notre Dame de la Paix, 61 rue de Bruxelles, B 5000 Namur, Belgium
Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys 76:031907. 2007..This mechanism not only explains the change of hue but also the change of scattering mode from specular to diffuse. Quantitative modeling is developed in support of this analysis...
Natural layer-by-layer photonic structure in the squamae of Hoplia coerulea (Coleoptera)Jean Pol Vigneron
Laboratoire de Physique du Solide, Facultes Universitaires Notre Dame de la Paix, 61 rue de Bruxelles, B 5000 Namur, Belgium
Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys 72:061904. 2005..The blue iridescence is easily explained by a planar multilayer approximation model, deduced from the observed three-dimensional structure...
Spectral filtering of visible light by the cuticle of metallic woodboring beetles and microfabrication of a matching bioinspired materialJean Pol Vigneron
Laboratoire de Physique du Solide, Facultes Universitaires Notre Dame de la Paix, Rue de Bruxelles 61, B 5000 Namur, Belgium
Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys 73:041905. 2006..These mechanisms are used to develop an artificial bioinspired multilayer system which reproduces the visual effects provided by the insect surface...
Structural origin of the colored reflections from the black-billed magpie feathersJean Pol Vigneron
Laboratoire de Physique du Solide, Facultes Universitaires Notre Dame de la Paix, 61 rue de Bruxelles, B 5000 Namur, Belgium
Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys 73:021914. 2006..The bluish reflections from the wings are produced by a more complicated mechanism, involving the presence of a cortex second gap."..
Photonic polycrystal in the greenish-white scales of the African longhorn beetle Prosopocera lactator (Cerambycidae)Jean François Colomer
Research center in Physics of Matter and Radiation PMR, University of Namur FUNDP, rue de Bruxelles, 61, B 5000 Namur, Belgium
Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys 85:011907. 2012..X-ray nanotomography is revealed as a very promising tool for photonic-crystal morphology studies...
Photonic polycrystal in the greenish-white scales of the African longhorn beetle Prosopocera lactator (Cerambycidae)Jean François Colomer
Research center in Physics of Matter and Radiation PMR, University of Namur FUNDP, rue de Bruxelles, 61, B 5000 Namur, Belgium
Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys 85:011907. 2012..X-ray nanotomography is revealed as a very promising tool for photonic-crystal morphology studies...
Nanomorphology of the blue iridescent wings of a giant tropical wasp Megascolia procer javanensis (Hymenoptera)Michaël Sarrazin
Laboratoire de Physique du Solide, Facultes Universitaires Notre Dame de la Paix, rue de Bruxelles, 61, B 5000 Namur, Belgium
Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys 78:051902. 2008..The opacity is essentially due to the presence of melanin in the stratified medium which forms the mechanical core of the wing...
Spectral sideband produced by a hemispherical concave multilayer on the African shield-bug Calidea panaethiopica (Scutelleridae)Jean Pol Vigneron
Departement de Physique, Facultes Universitaires Notre Dame de la Paix, 61 rue de Bruxelles, B 5000 Namur, Belgium ac be
Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys 79:021907. 2009..This multiscale approach is very general and should be useful for dealing with visual effects in many natural and artificial systems...
Assessment of the antireflection property of moth wings by three-dimensional transfer-matrix optical simulationsOlivier Deparis
Research center in Physics of Matter and Radiation, University of Namur, 61 rue de Bruxelles, B 5000 Namur, Belgium
Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys 79:041910. 2009..In comparison with the latter simulations, the 3D transfer-matrix simulations were found to be more accurate for evaluating the antireflection property...
Orange reflection from a three-dimensional photonic crystal in the scales of the weevil Pachyrrhynchus congestus pavonius (Curculionidae)Victoria Welch
Laboratoire de Physique du Solide, Facultes Universitaires Notre Dame de la Paix, 61 rue de Bruxelles, B 5000 Namur, Belgium
Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys 75:041919. 2007..The long-range disorder introduced by the grain boundaries explains the paradoxical observation that the reflectance, although generated by a photonic crystal, is insensitive to changes in the viewing angle...
Bi-functional photonic structure in the Papilio nireus (Papilionidae): modeling by scattering-matrix optical simulationsEloise Van Hooijdonk
1Centre de recherche en Physique de la Matière et du Rayonnement, Laboratoire de Physique du Solide, University of Namur, FUNDP, 61 rue de Bruxelles, Namur 5000, Belgium
Opt Express 20:22001-11. 2012..Then, results highlight an enhanced fluorescence occurring in the spatial as well as in the frequency domain. This observation could be of great interest to design new optical devices...
Gleaming and dull surface textures from photonic-crystal-type nanostructures in the butterfly Cyanophrys remusKrisztián Kertész
Research Institute for Technical Physics and Materials Science, PO Box 49, H 1525 Budapest, Hungary
Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys 74:021922. 2006..Potential applications in the field of colorants, flat panel displays, smart textiles, and smart papers are surveyed...
Optical properties of the iridescent organ of the comb-jellyfish Beroë cucumis (Ctenophora)Victoria Welch
Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, South Park Road, Oxford OX1 3PS, United Kingdom
Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys 73:041916. 2006..The high transparency of the structure at the maximal bioluminescence wavelength is also explained...
