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SUBMITTER: Shanker R
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7872416 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Nano letters 20201001 10
Certain bird species have evolved spectacular colors that arise from organized nanostructures of melanin. Its high refractive index (∼1.8) and broadband absorptive properties enable vivid structural colors that are nonsusceptible to photobleaching. Mimicking natural melanin structural coloration could enable several important applications, in particular, for noniridescent systems with colors that are independent of incidence angle. Here, we address this by forming melanin photonic crystal microd ...[more]