Burg, Stephanie L. (author), Washington, Adam (author), Coles, David M. (author), Bianco, Antonino (author), McLoughlin, Daragh (author), Mykhaylyk, Oleksandr O. (author), Villanova, Julie (author), Dennison, Andrew J.C. (author), Parnell, S.R. (author) Cyphochilus beetle scales are amongst the brightest structural whites in nature, being highly opacifying whilst extremely thin. However, the formation mechanism for the voided intra-scale structure is unknown. Here we report 3D x-ray nanotomography data for the voided chitin networks of intact white scales of Cyphochilus and Lepidiota stigma....
journal article 2019
