Hyperspectral topography of the twisted, cholesteric patterns of an insect cuticle under various conditions of helix obliquity

Twisted cholesteric liquid crystal patterns are found in the iridescent chitin-containing cuticles of many insects. They may exhibit spatial variation in the helical pitch and in the orientation of the helix axis, as in the two-band, green and silver cuticle of the scarab beetle, Chrysina gloriosa,...

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Veröffentlicht in:	APL photonics 2020-09, Vol.5 (9), p.96102-096102-11
Hauptverfasser:	Jullien, Aurélie, Neradovskiy, Maxim, Mitov, Michel
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Biological Physics Condensed Matter Optics Physics Soft Condensed Matter
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