Biomimetic design of iridescent insect cuticles with tailored, self-organized cholesteric patterns

Replicating biological patterns is promising for designing materials with multifaceted properties but replication of twisted cholesteric liquid crystal patterns found in insects is extremely difficult. Here, the authors use liquid crystal oligomers to reproduce the textural, structural and color pro...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Adriana Scarangella, Vanessa Soldan, Michel Mitov
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Nature Portfolio 2020
Subjects:
Q
Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/c585f57aa1984e6e9ab901570d66f77a
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!