Lots of nature - and #physics! - on #HeirIsland #WestCork - Rose chafer beetle exhibiting structural green colour which is left-hand circularly polarised! Can be blocked by right-handed polariser. Known for 120 yrs, explained in last 15 - #SEM of 🪲 e.g. ht
Scarab beetle cuticle paper http://t.co/ImR7ynMu0j #structuralcolor #dye #biomimicry
360 sublayers of cuticle in scarab beetle http://t.co/PcjaSbEZ94 Nature uses layers for #color #biomimicry
360 sublayers of cuticle in scarab beetle http://t.co/PcjaSbEZ94 Nature uses layers for #color #biomimicry