Biology of the Integument

Biological growth and synthetic fabrication of structurally colored materials

“…This approach commonly occurs in carbohydrate structures (such as chitin and cellulose) which tend to be secreted along a surface that defines its shape. Although the information available on cuticle formation is spread over diverse organisms, we can build an approximate, representative framework of the processes involved [160][161][162][163][164][165][166]. For instance, the leaf beetle Gastrophysa viridula secretes a chitin surface like its fellow arthropods, the butterflies; unlike them however, it forms the cuticle above tissue rather than on individual cells, and yet it also deposits in layers, each surface supporting the last [160] (figure 12).…”

Biological growth and synthetic fabrication of structurally colored materials

“…This approach commonly occurs in carbohydrate structures (such as chitin and cellulose) which tend to be secreted along a surface that defines its shape. Although the information available on cuticle formation is spread over diverse organisms, we can build an approximate, representative framework of the processes involved [160][161][162][163][164][165][166]. For instance, the leaf beetle Gastrophysa viridula secretes a chitin surface like its fellow arthropods, the butterflies; unlike them however, it forms the cuticle above tissue rather than on individual cells, and yet it also deposits in layers, each surface supporting the last [160] (figure 12).…”

Biological growth and synthetic fabrication of structurally colored materials

“…This approach commonly occurs in carbohydrate structures (such as chitin and cellulose) which tend to be secreted along a surface that defines its shape. Although the information available on cuticle formation is spread over diverse organisms, we can build an approximate, representative framework of the processes involved [160][161][162][163][164][165][166]. For instance, the leaf beetle Gastrophysa viridula secretes a chitin surface like its fellow arthropods, the butterflies; unlike them however, it forms the cuticle above tissue rather than on individual cells, and yet it also deposits in layers, each surface supporting the last [160] (figure 12).…”

Biological growth and synthetic fabrication of structurally colored materials

“…This approach commonly occurs in carbohydrate structures (such as chitin and cellulose) which tend to be secreted along a surface that defines its shape. Although the information available on cuticle formation is spread over diverse organisms, we can build an approximate, representative framework of the processes involved [160][161][162][163][164][165][166]. For instance, the leaf beetle Gastrophysa viridula secretes a chitin surface like its fellow arthropods, the butterflies; unlike them however, it forms the cuticle above tissue rather than on individual cells, and yet it also deposits in layers, each surface supporting the last [160] (figure 12).…”