title: Flexible, angle-independent, structural color reflectors inspired by morpho butterfly wings.
abstract: Thin-film color reflectors inspired by Morpho butterflies are fabricated. Using a combination of directional deposition, silica microspheres with a wide size distribution, and a PDMS (polydimethylsiloxane) encasing, a large, flexible reflector is created that actually provides better angle-independent color characteristics than Morpho butterflies and which can even be bent and folded freely without losing its Morpho-mimetic photonic properties.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, 335 Gwahak-ro, Yuseong-Gu, Daejeon, South Korea.
authors.forename: Kyungjae
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Chung
authors.forename: Sunkyu
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Chul-Joon
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Heo
authors.forename: Jae Won
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Shim
authors.forename: Seung-Man
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Moon Gyu
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Han
authors.forename: Hong-Seok
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Yongwan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Jin
authors.forename: Sang Yoon
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Namkyoo
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Jung H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Shin
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002080:Butterflies; D003116:Color; D004129:Dimethylpolysiloxanes / Q000737:chemistry; D049329:Nanostructures / Q000737:chemistry; D014921:Wings, Animal / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D004129:Dimethylpolysiloxanes; C013830:baysilon