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16089929

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1 Pt 1
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-8-10
pubmed:abstractText
We report detailed optical measurements and numerical simulations of brown barbules in male peacock tail feathers. Our results indicate that brown coloration is predominantly produced structurally by the two-dimensional (2D) photonic-crystal structure in the cortex layer of a barbule. The constructing strategies of brown coloration revealed by numerical simulations are indeed subtle, which are of great significance in the artificial constructions of mixed structural coloration. It is found that the structural configurations of the 2D photonic-crystal structure such as the lattice constant, the number of periods, and even the interdistance and missing holes between the two melanin layers nearest to the cortex surface, are important in the production of structural brown colors.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
1539-3755
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
72
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
010902
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2005
pubmed:articleTitle
Structural origin of the brown color of barbules in male peacock tail feathers.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Physics, Fudan University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't