Spatially modulated structural colour in bird feathers

Abstract Eurasian Jay (Garrulus glandarius) feathers display periodic variations in the reflected colour from white through light blue, dark blue and black. We find the structures responsible for the colour are continuous in their size and spatially controlled by the degree of spinodal phase separat...

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Автори: Andrew J. Parnell, Adam L. Washington, Oleksandr O. Mykhaylyk, Christopher J. Hill, Antonino Bianco, Stephanie L. Burg, Andrew J. C. Dennison, Mary Snape, Ashley J. Cadby, Andrew Smith, Sylvain Prevost, David M. Whittaker, Richard A. L. Jones, J. Patrick. A. Fairclough, Andrew R. Parker
Формат: Стаття
Мова:English
Опубліковано: Nature Portfolio 2015-12-01
Серія:Scientific Reports
Онлайн доступ:https://doi.org/10.1038/srep18317