The sea mouse and the photonic crystal

被引：33

作者：

McPhedran, RC ^{[1
]}

Nicorovici, NA

McKenzie, DR

Botten, LC

Parker, AR

Rouse, GW

机构：

[1] Univ Sydney, Sch Phys, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia

[2] Univ Technol Sydney, Sch Math Sci, Sydney, NSW 2007, Australia

[3] Univ Oxford, Dept Zool, Oxford OX1 3PS, England

[4] Univ Sydney, Sch Biol Sci, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia

来源：

AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY | 2001年 / 54卷 / 04期

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D O I：

10.1071/CH01054

中图分类号：

O6 [化学];

学科分类号：

0703 ;

摘要：

Sea mice (Aphroditidae, Polychaeta) are furry-looking marine worms that forage on, or in, the sea-bed. They are distinguished by an amazing iridescence along the lower sides of the body, associated with both hairs and spines known as chaetae. We show by electron microscopic and optical analysis that the iridescence of spines is caused by a highly regular, sub-micron scale structure resembling that being developed for photonic crystals, and that in fact the sea mouse exploits a partial photonic band gap to achieve its remarkable coloration effects.

引用

页码：241 / 244

页数：4

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