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Natural and Nanoengineered Chiral Reflectors: Structural Color of Manuka Beetles and Titania Coatings

Lakshman De Silva Department of Physics, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
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Ian Hodgkinson Department of Physics, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
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Petra Murray Department of Physics, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
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Qi Hong Wu Department of Physics, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
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Matthew Arnold Department of Physics, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
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John Leader Department of Physiology, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
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Andrew Mcnaughton Department of Anatomy and Structural Biology, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
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Pages 391-408 | Received 01 Nov 2004, Accepted 31 Jan 2005, Published online: 17 Aug 2006

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