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Structural Origin of Circularly Polarized Iridescence in Jeweled Beetles
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Bright Shiny Beetles: The beautiful iridescent colors found on the wings of butterflies and on the bodies of beetles have attracted the attention of brilliant minds over the past centuries, starting with Newton, who understood that these colors must involve “thin film structures.” In 1911 Michelson described the metallic appearance of these beetles, and in the late 1960s Neville and Caveney discussed the optical properties in the context of cholesteric liquid crystals. Sharma et al. (p. 449 ; see the Perspective by Vukusic ) examined the metallic green beetle Chrysina gloriosa , which selectively reflects left circularly polarized light when illuminated with unpolarized light. The underlying cellular structure of the beetle exoskeleton is organized primarily in a hexagonal pattern, with variations in the pentagonal and heptagonal arrangements depending on the local curvature. Thus, the ordering of the cells in concentric, nested arcs is indeed analogous to the ordering of the molecules in a cholesteric (or chiral nematic) liquid crystal.
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- Sharma, V., Crne, M., Park, J. O., & Srinivasarao, M.
- Venue
- Science
- Published
- 2009-07-24
- Volume
- 325
- Issue
- 5939
- Pages
- 449-451
- ISSN
- 0036-8075 (ISSN-L)
- 1095-9203
- OpenAlex
- W2046570037
- Cited by
- 686
- References
- 16
- FWCI
- 10.22
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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