Hyperspectral topography of the twisted, cholesteric patterns of an insect cuticle under various conditions of helix obliquity
Twisted cholesteric liquid crystal patterns are found in the iridescent chitin-containing cuticles of many insects. They may exhibit spatial variation in the helical pitch and in the orientation of the helix axis, as in the two-band, green and silver cuticle of the scarab beetle, Chrysina gloriosa,...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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AIP Publishing LLC
2020-09-01
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| Series: | APL Photonics |
| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/5.0019039 |