The ability of feathers to perform many functions either simultaneously or at different times
throughout the year or life of a bird is integral to the evolutionary history of birds. Many …

Discus fish have a variety of body colors including pigmentary and structural colors, studies
on specific substances and related metabolic pathways associated with body coloration …

Structural colors in nature are frequently produced by the ordered arrangement of
nanoparticles. Interesting examples include reptiles and birds utilizing lattice-like formation …

The ability feathers have to perform many functions simultaneously and at different times is
integral to the evolutionary history of all birds. Many studies focus on single functions of …

This paper presents full modeling of the cross-section of a blue feather barb of Tarsiger
cyanurus and computed optical properties of the barb by means of finite element …

Motivated by the structural color generation in the plumage of some species of birds, which
in their barbs combine a quasi-regular arrangement of air voids in a keratin matrix (spongy …