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Theoretical study of iridescence in the jewel beetle (Coloptera Buprestidae)

Cristian Javier Mora Montano, Herbert Vinck Posada, and Paulo Sérgio Soares Guimaraes

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Abstract

We investigated iridescence of the jewel beetle (Coloptera Buprestidae). We obtained FIB images of the internal structure of Elytron beetle and we modeled the structure as a photonic crystal. Through the scattering matrix method the average reflectivity of the structure is estimated.

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