Color‐Changing Biomimetic Films: Natural Light‐Scattering Nanoparticles Enable Visible through Short‐Wave Infrared Color Modulation (Advanced Optical Materials 8/2018). Issue 8 (18th April 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Kumar, Amrita; Osgood, Richard M.; Dinneen, Sean R.; Koker, Brian D.; Pang, Richard; Deravi, Leila F.
• Is Part Of: Advanced optical materials. Volume 6:Issue 8(2018)
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• Publication Date: 2018-04-18
• Subjects: camouflage -- cephalopods -- chromatophores -- nanoparticles -- scattering; Optical materials -- Periodicals; Photonics -- Periodicals; 620.11295
• DOI: 10.1002/adom.201870031
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2195-1071

Abstract

Abstract : An unlikely source for tunable visible through infrared light scattering emerges from nanoparticles isolated and processed from squid skin, as shown by Leila F. Deravi and co‐workers in article number1701369 . Color and brightness in the mimetic films and fibers are controlled by varying particle layer thicknesses and by combining a back‐reflector with a specific band pass, illustrating new materials applications for these biological nanostructures.