3-D Chiral Photonic Crystals Replicated from Butterfly Wing Scales

2012 ◽  
Vol 1389 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christian Mille ◽  
Eric C. Tyrode ◽  
Robert W. Corkery
Keyword(s):  
Photonic Crystals ◽  
Minimal Surface ◽  
Surface Structure ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Morphological Characterization ◽  
Optically Active ◽  
Butterfly Wing ◽  
Chiral Photonic Crystals ◽  
High Degree ◽  
Wing Scales

ABSTRACTThree dimensional silica photonic crystals with the gyroid minimal surface structure have been synthesized using the butterfly Callophrys rubi as a template. The replicas are synthesized with a high degree of fidelity, which is confirmed by the spectral and morphological characterization. Further, the material is shown to be optically active.

scholarly journals Gyroid cuticular structures in butterfly wing scales: biological photonic crystals

2007 ◽  
Vol 5 (18) ◽  
pp. 85-94 ◽  
Author(s):  
K Michielsen ◽  
D.G Stavenga
Keyword(s):  
Photonic Crystals ◽  
Photonic Band Gap ◽  
Smooth Endoplasmic Reticulum ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Butterfly Wing ◽  
Filling Fraction ◽  
Transmission Electron ◽  
Cuticular Structure ◽  
Cuticular Structures ◽  
Wing Scales

We present a systematic study of the cuticular structure in the butterfly wing scales of some papilionids ( Parides sesostris and Teinopalpus imperialis ) and lycaenids ( Callophrys rubi , Cyanophrys remus , Mitoura gryneus and Callophrys dumetorum ). Using published scanning and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) images, analytical modelling and computer-generated TEM micrographs, we find that the three-dimensional cuticular structures can be modelled by gyroid structures with various filling fractions and lattice parameters. We give a brief discussion of the formation of cubic gyroid membranes from the smooth endoplasmic reticulum in the scale's cell, which dry and harden to leave the cuticular structure behind when the cell dies. The scales of C. rubi are a potentially attractive biotemplate for producing three-dimensional optical photonic crystals since for these scales the cuticle-filling fraction is nearly optimal for obtaining the largest photonic band gap in a gyroid structure.

Tunable three-dimensional ZrO2 photonic crystals replicated from single butterfly wing scales

2011 ◽  
Vol 21 (39) ◽  
pp. 15237 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yu Chen ◽  
Jiajun Gu ◽  
Di Zhang ◽  
Shenmin Zhu ◽  
Huilan Su ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Photonic Crystals ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Butterfly Wing ◽  
Wing Scales

3D Bi-chiral Photonic Crystals: Three-Dimensional Bi-Chiral Photonic Crystals (Adv. Mater. 46/2009)

2009 ◽  
Vol 21 (46) ◽  
pp. n/a-n/a ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Thiel ◽  
Michael S. Rill ◽  
Georg von Freymann ◽  
Martin Wegener
Keyword(s):  
Photonic Crystals ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Chiral Photonic Crystals

scholarly journals Structure, function, and self-assembly of single network gyroid (I4132) photonic crystals in butterfly wing scales

2010 ◽  
Vol 107 (26) ◽  
pp. 11676-11681 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. Saranathan ◽  
C. O. Osuji ◽  
S. G. J. Mochrie ◽  
H. Noh ◽  
S. Narayanan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Photonic Crystals ◽  
Structure Function ◽  
Self Assembly ◽  
Butterfly Wing ◽  
Wing Scales

scholarly journals Inorganic chiral 3-D photonic crystals with bicontinuous gyroid structure replicated from butterfly wing scales

2011 ◽  
Vol 47 (35) ◽  
pp. 9873 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christian Mille ◽  
Eric C. Tyrode ◽  
Robert W. Corkery
Keyword(s):  
Photonic Crystals ◽  
Butterfly Wing ◽  
Wing Scales
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