Mechanism of the structural color in Morpho butterflies

Kinoshita, Shūichi; Yoshioka, Shinya; Kawagoe, K.

doi:10.2142/biophys.41.s213_1

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“…Although the Morpho wing contained two layers of scales, the model copied only the principle. 7 However, the engineered device closely matched the butterfly wing -the colour observed changed only slightly with changing angle over 180°, an effect difficult to achieve and useful for a broad-angle optical filter without dyes.…”

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Making photonic structures via cell culture: Morpho butterfly scales

Parker

Townley

2015

Bioinspired, Biomimetic and Nanobiomaterials

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The photonic structures that cause the electric blue colour of some Morpho butterflies are desirable within industry.They have been reproduced on very small areas to produce prototype biomimetic structures, yet there is currently no technique to accurately manufacture these structures at a commercial level. Here, tissue and cell culture techniques are explored as a possible method of producing large quantities of the blue scales of Morpho peliedes. This represents the first attempt to culture the wing scales of a Morpho butterfly, and many problems were encountered. These could be remedied in future studies, but it is concluded that cell culture is probably not a viable technique to provide the Morpho structure for industry in the near future. However, tissue culture experiments revealed important results of scale development.

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Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 93%

“…7,8 Originally, corners were cut. Although the Morpho wing contained two layers of scales, the model copied only the principle.…”

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Making photonic structures via cell culture: Morpho butterfly scales

Parker

Townley

2015

Bioinspired, Biomimetic and Nanobiomaterials

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“…A simple diffraction model indicates that irregularity in the heights of the ridges within the scale results in its observed wavelength and angle-dependence. The reflected light may be described by an incoherent sum of diffraction arising from the discrete multilayered units [101,102].…”

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“…The absence of melanin in what would be an otherwise highly reflective Morpho ground scale leads to a significant desaturation of the blue reflection [102]. The bright blue wings of M. cypris, for instance, exhibit small regions of wing, in patches and in stripes, which do not contain any melanin.…”

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Light manipulation principles in biological photonic systems

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Vukusic

2013

Nanophotonics

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Abstract:The science of light and colour manipulation continues to generate interest across a range of disciplines, from mainstream biology, across multiple physics-based fields, to optical engineering. Furthermore, the study of light production and manipulation is of significant value to a variety of industrial processes and commercial products. Among the several key methods by which colour is produced in the biological world, this review sets out to describe, in some detail, the specifics of the method involving photonics in animal and plant systems; namely, the mechanism commonly referred to as structural colour generation. Not only has this theme been a very rapidly growing area of physics-based interest, but also it is increasingly clear that the biological world is filled with highly evolved structural designs by which light and colour strongly influence behaviours and ecological functions.

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“…Individual butterfly scales have been examined in detail to reveal a number of variations in quarter-wave stacks, sometimes in combination with other optical structures, to provide a range of coloured effects (e.g. Ghiradella 1989;Vukusic et al 2000;Kinoshita et al 2002). Butterfly scales are three-dimensional submicrometre structures in their basic form, and this has provided a foundation for evolution to produce the most diverse array of optical devices in any taxon, forming a subject in their own right.…”

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Natural photonics for industrial inspiration

Parker

2009

Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A.

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There are two considerations for optical biomimetics: the diversity of submicrometre architectures found in the natural world, and the industrial manufacture of these. A review exists on the latter subject, where current engineering methods are considered along with those of the natural cells. Here, on the other hand, I will provide a modern review of the different categories of reflectors and antireflectors found in animals, including their optical characterization. The purpose of this is to inspire designers within the $2 billion annual optics industry.

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Mechanism of the structural color in Morpho butterflies

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Making photonic structures via cell culture: Morpho butterfly scales

Making photonic structures via cell culture: Morpho butterfly scales

Light manipulation principles in biological photonic systems

Natural photonics for industrial inspiration

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