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SUBMITTER: Chandler CJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5155586 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Chandler Chris J CJ Wilts Bodo D BD Vignolini Silvia S Brodie Juliet J Steiner Ullrich U Rudall Paula J PJ Glover Beverley J BJ Gregory Thomas T Walker Rachel H RH
Scientific reports 20150703
The marine world is incredibly rich in brilliant and intense colours. Photonic structures are found in many different species and provide extremely complex optical responses that cannot be achieved solely by pigments. In this study we examine the cuticular structure of the red alga Chondrus crispus (Irish Moss) using anatomical and optical approaches. We experimentally measure the optical response of the multilayer structure in the cuticle. Using finite-difference time-domain modelling, we demon ...[more]