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Domain morphology, boundaries, and topological defects in biophotonic gyroid nanostructures of butterfly wing scales.
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- Nanoscale cuticle mass density variations influenced by pigmentation in butterfly wing scales.Nature communications · 2025Article
- Study on the chirality of gyroid photonic crystals in butterfly wing scales.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- High-resolution three-dimensional imaging of topological textures in nanoscale single-diamond networks.Nature nanotechnology · 2024Article
- Elucidating nanostructural organization and photonic properties of butterfly wing scales using hyperspectral microscopy.Journal of the Royal Society, Interface · 2024Article
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- Real-space imaging of periodic nanotextures in thin films via phasing of diffraction data.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2023Article
- Coupling the topological defect phase to the extrinsic curvature in nematic shells.Soft matter · 2022Article
- Discovery of I-WP minimal-surface-based photonic crystal in the scale of a longhorn beetle.Journal of the Royal Society, Interface · 2021Article
- Properties of twisted topological defects in 2D nematic liquid crystals.Soft matter · 2021Article
- Cuticle network and orientation preference of photonic crystals in the scales of the weevilJournal of the Royal Society, Interface · 2018Article
- On the colour of wing scales in butterflies: iridescence and preferred orientation of single gyroid photonic crystals.Interface focus · 2017Article
- Butterfly gyroid nanostructures as a time-frozen glimpse of intracellular membrane development.Science advances · 2017Article
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Abstract
Many organisms in nature have evolved sophisticated cellular mechanisms to produce photonic nanostructures and, in recent years, diverse crystalline symmetries have been identified and related to macroscopic optical properties. However, because we know little about the distributions of domain sizes, the orientations of photonic crystals, and the nature of defects in these structures, we are unable to make the connection between the nanostructure and its development and functionality. We report on nondestructive studies of the morphology of chitinous photonic crystals in butterfly wing scales. Using spatially and angularly resolved x-ray diffraction, we find that the domains are highly oriented with respect to the whole scale, indicating growth from scale boundaries. X-ray coherent diffractive imaging reveals two types of crystalline domain interfaces: abrupt changes between domains emerging from distinct nucleation sites and smooth transitions with edge dislocations presumably resulting from internal stresses during nanostructure development. Our study of the scale structure reveals new aspects of photonic crystal growth in butterfly wings and shows their similarity to block copolymer materials. It opens new avenues to exploration of fundamental processes underlying the growth of biological photonic nanostructures in a variety of species.
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