Abstract

The brilliancy and variety of structural colors found in nature has become a major scientific topic in recent years. Rapid-prototyping processes enable the fabrication of according structures, but the technical exploitation requires a profound understanding of structural features and material properties regarding the generation of reflected color. This paper presents an extensive simulation of the reflectance spectra of a simplified 2D Morpho butterfly wing model by utilizing the finite-difference time-domain method. The structural parameters are optimized for reflection in a given spectral range. A comparison to simpler models, such as a plane dielectric layer stack, provides an understanding of the origin of the reflection behavior. We find that the wavelength of the reflection maximum is mainly set by the lateral dimensions of the structures. Furthermore small variations of the vertical dimensions leave the spectral position of the reflectance wavelength unchanged, potentially reducing grating effects.

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2010 (3)

M. Kolle, P. M. Salgard-Cunha, M. R. J. Scherer, F. Huang, P. Vukusic, S. Mahajan, J. J. Baumberg, and U. Steiner, “Mimicking the colourful wing scale structure of the Papilio blumei butterfly,” Nat. Nanotechnol. 5(7), 511–515 (2010).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

J. D. Forster, H. Noh, S. F. Liew, V. Saranathan, C. F. Schreck, L. Yang, J.-G. Park, R. O. Prum, S. G. J. Mochrie, C. S. O’Hern, H. Cao, and E. R. Dufresne, “Biomimetic isotropic nanostructures for structural coloration,” Adv. Mater. (Deerfield Beach Fla.) 22(26-27), 2939–2944 (2010).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

M. Inchaussandague, D. Skigin, C. Carmaran, S. Rosenfeldt, and C. Universitaria, “Structural color in Myxomycetes,” Opt. Express 18(15), 16055–16063 (2010).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

2009 (4)

D. Zhu, S. Kinoshita, D. Cai, and J. B. Cole, “Investigation of structural colors in Morpho butterflies using the nonstandard-finite-difference time-domain method: Effects of alternately stacked shelves and ridge density,” Phys. Rev. E Stat. Nonlin. Soft Matter Phys. 80(5), 051924 (2009).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

W. Zhang, D. Zhang, T. Fan, J. Gu, J. Ding, H. Wang, Q. Guo, and H. Ogawa, “Novel photoanode structure templated from butterfly wing scales,” Chem. Mater. 21(1), 33–40 (2009).
[Crossref]

R. T. Lee and G. S. Smith, “Detailed electromagnetic simulation for the structural color of butterfly wings,” Appl. Opt. 48(21), 4177–4190 (2009).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

F. Liu, B. Q. Dong, X. H. Liu, Y. M. Zheng, and J. Zi, “Structural color change in longhorn beetles Tmesisternus isabellae,” Opt. Express 17(18), 16183–16191 (2009).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

2008 (2)

A. L. Ingram and A. R. Parker, “A review of the diversity and evolution of photonic structures in butterflies, incorporating the work of John Huxley (The Natural History Museum, London from 1961 to 1990),” Philos. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. B Biol. Sci. 363(1502), 2465–2480 (2008).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

S. Kinoshita, S. Yoshioka, and J. Miyazaki, “Physics of structural colors,” Rep. Prog. Phys. 71(7), 076401 (2008).
[Crossref]

2007 (2)

S. Yoshioka and S. Kinoshita, “Polarization-sensitive color mixing in the wing of the Madagascan sunset moth,” Opt. Express 15(5), 2691–2701 (2007).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

S. Banerjee, J. B. Cole, and T. Yatagai, “Colour characterization of a Morpho butterfly wing-scale using a high accuracy nonstandard finite-difference time-domain method,” Micron 38(2), 97–103 (2007).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

2004 (1)

J. B. Schneider, “Plane waves in FDTD simulations and a nearly perfect total-field/scattered-field boundary,” IEEE Trans. Antenn. Propag. 52(12), 3280–3287 (2004).
[Crossref]

2002 (1)

S. Yoshioka and S. Kinoshita, “Effect of macroscopic structure in iridescent color of the peacock feathers,” Forma 17, 169–181 (2002).

2000 (1)

A. R. Parker, “515 million years of structural colour,” J. Opt. A, Pure Appl. Opt. 2(6), R15–R28 (2000).
[Crossref]

Banerjee, S.

S. Banerjee, J. B. Cole, and T. Yatagai, “Colour characterization of a Morpho butterfly wing-scale using a high accuracy nonstandard finite-difference time-domain method,” Micron 38(2), 97–103 (2007).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

Baumberg, J. J.

M. Kolle, P. M. Salgard-Cunha, M. R. J. Scherer, F. Huang, P. Vukusic, S. Mahajan, J. J. Baumberg, and U. Steiner, “Mimicking the colourful wing scale structure of the Papilio blumei butterfly,” Nat. Nanotechnol. 5(7), 511–515 (2010).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

Bokic, B.

Cai, D.

D. Zhu, S. Kinoshita, D. Cai, and J. B. Cole, “Investigation of structural colors in Morpho butterflies using the nonstandard-finite-difference time-domain method: Effects of alternately stacked shelves and ridge density,” Phys. Rev. E Stat. Nonlin. Soft Matter Phys. 80(5), 051924 (2009).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

Cao, H.

J. D. Forster, H. Noh, S. F. Liew, V. Saranathan, C. F. Schreck, L. Yang, J.-G. Park, R. O. Prum, S. G. J. Mochrie, C. S. O’Hern, H. Cao, and E. R. Dufresne, “Biomimetic isotropic nanostructures for structural coloration,” Adv. Mater. (Deerfield Beach Fla.) 22(26-27), 2939–2944 (2010).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

Carmaran, C.

Chen, Y.

Cole, J. B.

D. Zhu, S. Kinoshita, D. Cai, and J. B. Cole, “Investigation of structural colors in Morpho butterflies using the nonstandard-finite-difference time-domain method: Effects of alternately stacked shelves and ridge density,” Phys. Rev. E Stat. Nonlin. Soft Matter Phys. 80(5), 051924 (2009).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

S. Banerjee, J. B. Cole, and T. Yatagai, “Colour characterization of a Morpho butterfly wing-scale using a high accuracy nonstandard finite-difference time-domain method,” Micron 38(2), 97–103 (2007).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

Curcic, B.

Curcic, S.

Diao, Y.-Y.

Ding, J.

W. Zhang, D. Zhang, T. Fan, J. Gu, J. Ding, H. Wang, Q. Guo, and H. Ogawa, “Novel photoanode structure templated from butterfly wing scales,” Chem. Mater. 21(1), 33–40 (2009).
[Crossref]

Dong, B. Q.

Dufresne, E. R.

J. D. Forster, H. Noh, S. F. Liew, V. Saranathan, C. F. Schreck, L. Yang, J.-G. Park, R. O. Prum, S. G. J. Mochrie, C. S. O’Hern, H. Cao, and E. R. Dufresne, “Biomimetic isotropic nanostructures for structural coloration,” Adv. Mater. (Deerfield Beach Fla.) 22(26-27), 2939–2944 (2010).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

Eadie, L.

L. Eadie and T. K. Ghosh, “Biomimicry in textiles: past, present and potential. An overview,” J. R. Soc. Interface 8(59), 761–775 (2011).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

Fan, T.

W. Zhang, D. Zhang, T. Fan, J. Gu, J. Ding, H. Wang, Q. Guo, and H. Ogawa, “Novel photoanode structure templated from butterfly wing scales,” Chem. Mater. 21(1), 33–40 (2009).
[Crossref]

Forster, J. D.

J. D. Forster, H. Noh, S. F. Liew, V. Saranathan, C. F. Schreck, L. Yang, J.-G. Park, R. O. Prum, S. G. J. Mochrie, C. S. O’Hern, H. Cao, and E. R. Dufresne, “Biomimetic isotropic nanostructures for structural coloration,” Adv. Mater. (Deerfield Beach Fla.) 22(26-27), 2939–2944 (2010).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

Ghosh, T. K.

L. Eadie and T. K. Ghosh, “Biomimicry in textiles: past, present and potential. An overview,” J. R. Soc. Interface 8(59), 761–775 (2011).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

Gu, J.

W. Zhang, D. Zhang, T. Fan, J. Gu, J. Ding, H. Wang, Q. Guo, and H. Ogawa, “Novel photoanode structure templated from butterfly wing scales,” Chem. Mater. 21(1), 33–40 (2009).
[Crossref]

Guo, Q.

W. Zhang, D. Zhang, T. Fan, J. Gu, J. Ding, H. Wang, Q. Guo, and H. Ogawa, “Novel photoanode structure templated from butterfly wing scales,” Chem. Mater. 21(1), 33–40 (2009).
[Crossref]

Huang, F.

M. Kolle, P. M. Salgard-Cunha, M. R. J. Scherer, F. Huang, P. Vukusic, S. Mahajan, J. J. Baumberg, and U. Steiner, “Mimicking the colourful wing scale structure of the Papilio blumei butterfly,” Nat. Nanotechnol. 5(7), 511–515 (2010).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

Inchaussandague, M.

Ingram, A. L.

A. L. Ingram and A. R. Parker, “A review of the diversity and evolution of photonic structures in butterflies, incorporating the work of John Huxley (The Natural History Museum, London from 1961 to 1990),” Philos. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. B Biol. Sci. 363(1502), 2465–2480 (2008).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

Kinoshita, S.

D. Zhu, S. Kinoshita, D. Cai, and J. B. Cole, “Investigation of structural colors in Morpho butterflies using the nonstandard-finite-difference time-domain method: Effects of alternately stacked shelves and ridge density,” Phys. Rev. E Stat. Nonlin. Soft Matter Phys. 80(5), 051924 (2009).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

S. Kinoshita, S. Yoshioka, and J. Miyazaki, “Physics of structural colors,” Rep. Prog. Phys. 71(7), 076401 (2008).
[Crossref]

S. Yoshioka and S. Kinoshita, “Polarization-sensitive color mixing in the wing of the Madagascan sunset moth,” Opt. Express 15(5), 2691–2701 (2007).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

S. Yoshioka and S. Kinoshita, “Effect of macroscopic structure in iridescent color of the peacock feathers,” Forma 17, 169–181 (2002).

Kolle, M.

M. Kolle, P. M. Salgard-Cunha, M. R. J. Scherer, F. Huang, P. Vukusic, S. Mahajan, J. J. Baumberg, and U. Steiner, “Mimicking the colourful wing scale structure of the Papilio blumei butterfly,” Nat. Nanotechnol. 5(7), 511–515 (2010).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

Korac, A.

Kovacevic, A.

Lee, R. T.

Liao, G.

X. Yang, Z. Peng, H. Zuo, T. Shi, and G. Liao, “Using hierarchy architecture of Morpho butterfly scales for chemical sensing: Experiment and modeling,” Sensor. Actuat. A-Phys 167, 367–373 (2011).

Liew, S. F.

J. D. Forster, H. Noh, S. F. Liew, V. Saranathan, C. F. Schreck, L. Yang, J.-G. Park, R. O. Prum, S. G. J. Mochrie, C. S. O’Hern, H. Cao, and E. R. Dufresne, “Biomimetic isotropic nanostructures for structural coloration,” Adv. Mater. (Deerfield Beach Fla.) 22(26-27), 2939–2944 (2010).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

Liu, F.

Liu, X. H.

Liu, X.-Y.

Macdonald, K. F.

Mahajan, S.

M. Kolle, P. M. Salgard-Cunha, M. R. J. Scherer, F. Huang, P. Vukusic, S. Mahajan, J. J. Baumberg, and U. Steiner, “Mimicking the colourful wing scale structure of the Papilio blumei butterfly,” Nat. Nanotechnol. 5(7), 511–515 (2010).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

Miyazaki, J.

S. Kinoshita, S. Yoshioka, and J. Miyazaki, “Physics of structural colors,” Rep. Prog. Phys. 71(7), 076401 (2008).
[Crossref]

Mochrie, S. G. J.

J. D. Forster, H. Noh, S. F. Liew, V. Saranathan, C. F. Schreck, L. Yang, J.-G. Park, R. O. Prum, S. G. J. Mochrie, C. S. O’Hern, H. Cao, and E. R. Dufresne, “Biomimetic isotropic nanostructures for structural coloration,” Adv. Mater. (Deerfield Beach Fla.) 22(26-27), 2939–2944 (2010).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

Noh, H.

J. D. Forster, H. Noh, S. F. Liew, V. Saranathan, C. F. Schreck, L. Yang, J.-G. Park, R. O. Prum, S. G. J. Mochrie, C. S. O’Hern, H. Cao, and E. R. Dufresne, “Biomimetic isotropic nanostructures for structural coloration,” Adv. Mater. (Deerfield Beach Fla.) 22(26-27), 2939–2944 (2010).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

O’Hern, C. S.

J. D. Forster, H. Noh, S. F. Liew, V. Saranathan, C. F. Schreck, L. Yang, J.-G. Park, R. O. Prum, S. G. J. Mochrie, C. S. O’Hern, H. Cao, and E. R. Dufresne, “Biomimetic isotropic nanostructures for structural coloration,” Adv. Mater. (Deerfield Beach Fla.) 22(26-27), 2939–2944 (2010).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

Ogawa, H.

W. Zhang, D. Zhang, T. Fan, J. Gu, J. Ding, H. Wang, Q. Guo, and H. Ogawa, “Novel photoanode structure templated from butterfly wing scales,” Chem. Mater. 21(1), 33–40 (2009).
[Crossref]

Ou, J.-Y.

Pantelic, D.

Papasimakis, N.

Park, J.-G.

J. D. Forster, H. Noh, S. F. Liew, V. Saranathan, C. F. Schreck, L. Yang, J.-G. Park, R. O. Prum, S. G. J. Mochrie, C. S. O’Hern, H. Cao, and E. R. Dufresne, “Biomimetic isotropic nanostructures for structural coloration,” Adv. Mater. (Deerfield Beach Fla.) 22(26-27), 2939–2944 (2010).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

Parker, A. R.

A. L. Ingram and A. R. Parker, “A review of the diversity and evolution of photonic structures in butterflies, incorporating the work of John Huxley (The Natural History Museum, London from 1961 to 1990),” Philos. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. B Biol. Sci. 363(1502), 2465–2480 (2008).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

A. R. Parker, “515 million years of structural colour,” J. Opt. A, Pure Appl. Opt. 2(6), R15–R28 (2000).
[Crossref]

Peng, Z.

X. Yang, Z. Peng, H. Zuo, T. Shi, and G. Liao, “Using hierarchy architecture of Morpho butterfly scales for chemical sensing: Experiment and modeling,” Sensor. Actuat. A-Phys 167, 367–373 (2011).

Prum, R. O.

J. D. Forster, H. Noh, S. F. Liew, V. Saranathan, C. F. Schreck, L. Yang, J.-G. Park, R. O. Prum, S. G. J. Mochrie, C. S. O’Hern, H. Cao, and E. R. Dufresne, “Biomimetic isotropic nanostructures for structural coloration,” Adv. Mater. (Deerfield Beach Fla.) 22(26-27), 2939–2944 (2010).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

Rosenfeldt, S.

Salgard-Cunha, P. M.

M. Kolle, P. M. Salgard-Cunha, M. R. J. Scherer, F. Huang, P. Vukusic, S. Mahajan, J. J. Baumberg, and U. Steiner, “Mimicking the colourful wing scale structure of the Papilio blumei butterfly,” Nat. Nanotechnol. 5(7), 511–515 (2010).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

Saranathan, V.

J. D. Forster, H. Noh, S. F. Liew, V. Saranathan, C. F. Schreck, L. Yang, J.-G. Park, R. O. Prum, S. G. J. Mochrie, C. S. O’Hern, H. Cao, and E. R. Dufresne, “Biomimetic isotropic nanostructures for structural coloration,” Adv. Mater. (Deerfield Beach Fla.) 22(26-27), 2939–2944 (2010).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

Savic-Ševic, S.

Scherer, M. R. J.

M. Kolle, P. M. Salgard-Cunha, M. R. J. Scherer, F. Huang, P. Vukusic, S. Mahajan, J. J. Baumberg, and U. Steiner, “Mimicking the colourful wing scale structure of the Papilio blumei butterfly,” Nat. Nanotechnol. 5(7), 511–515 (2010).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

Schneider, J. B.

J. B. Schneider, “Plane waves in FDTD simulations and a nearly perfect total-field/scattered-field boundary,” IEEE Trans. Antenn. Propag. 52(12), 3280–3287 (2004).
[Crossref]

Schreck, C. F.

J. D. Forster, H. Noh, S. F. Liew, V. Saranathan, C. F. Schreck, L. Yang, J.-G. Park, R. O. Prum, S. G. J. Mochrie, C. S. O’Hern, H. Cao, and E. R. Dufresne, “Biomimetic isotropic nanostructures for structural coloration,” Adv. Mater. (Deerfield Beach Fla.) 22(26-27), 2939–2944 (2010).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

Shi, T.

X. Yang, Z. Peng, H. Zuo, T. Shi, and G. Liao, “Using hierarchy architecture of Morpho butterfly scales for chemical sensing: Experiment and modeling,” Sensor. Actuat. A-Phys 167, 367–373 (2011).

Skigin, D.

Smith, G. S.

Steiner, U.

M. Kolle, P. M. Salgard-Cunha, M. R. J. Scherer, F. Huang, P. Vukusic, S. Mahajan, J. J. Baumberg, and U. Steiner, “Mimicking the colourful wing scale structure of the Papilio blumei butterfly,” Nat. Nanotechnol. 5(7), 511–515 (2010).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

Universitaria, C.

Vukusic, P.

M. Kolle, P. M. Salgard-Cunha, M. R. J. Scherer, F. Huang, P. Vukusic, S. Mahajan, J. J. Baumberg, and U. Steiner, “Mimicking the colourful wing scale structure of the Papilio blumei butterfly,” Nat. Nanotechnol. 5(7), 511–515 (2010).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

Wang, H.

W. Zhang, D. Zhang, T. Fan, J. Gu, J. Ding, H. Wang, Q. Guo, and H. Ogawa, “Novel photoanode structure templated from butterfly wing scales,” Chem. Mater. 21(1), 33–40 (2009).
[Crossref]

Yang, L.

J. D. Forster, H. Noh, S. F. Liew, V. Saranathan, C. F. Schreck, L. Yang, J.-G. Park, R. O. Prum, S. G. J. Mochrie, C. S. O’Hern, H. Cao, and E. R. Dufresne, “Biomimetic isotropic nanostructures for structural coloration,” Adv. Mater. (Deerfield Beach Fla.) 22(26-27), 2939–2944 (2010).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

Yang, X.

X. Yang, Z. Peng, H. Zuo, T. Shi, and G. Liao, “Using hierarchy architecture of Morpho butterfly scales for chemical sensing: Experiment and modeling,” Sensor. Actuat. A-Phys 167, 367–373 (2011).

Yatagai, T.

S. Banerjee, J. B. Cole, and T. Yatagai, “Colour characterization of a Morpho butterfly wing-scale using a high accuracy nonstandard finite-difference time-domain method,” Micron 38(2), 97–103 (2007).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

Yoshioka, S.

S. Kinoshita, S. Yoshioka, and J. Miyazaki, “Physics of structural colors,” Rep. Prog. Phys. 71(7), 076401 (2008).
[Crossref]

S. Yoshioka and S. Kinoshita, “Polarization-sensitive color mixing in the wing of the Madagascan sunset moth,” Opt. Express 15(5), 2691–2701 (2007).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

S. Yoshioka and S. Kinoshita, “Effect of macroscopic structure in iridescent color of the peacock feathers,” Forma 17, 169–181 (2002).

Zhang, D.

W. Zhang, D. Zhang, T. Fan, J. Gu, J. Ding, H. Wang, Q. Guo, and H. Ogawa, “Novel photoanode structure templated from butterfly wing scales,” Chem. Mater. 21(1), 33–40 (2009).
[Crossref]

Zhang, J.

Zhang, W.

W. Zhang, D. Zhang, T. Fan, J. Gu, J. Ding, H. Wang, Q. Guo, and H. Ogawa, “Novel photoanode structure templated from butterfly wing scales,” Chem. Mater. 21(1), 33–40 (2009).
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Fig. 1
Fig. 1 Overview of the FDTD simulation setup. The green framed part on the left side corresponds to the actual simulation area. The system is periodic in the horizontal direction, continuously repeating the structure. The boundary condition (BC) in vertical direction is absorbing (perfectly matched layer, PML). A source emitting a transverse magnetic wave illuminates the structure from above. The direction of the electric field (E) is highlighted with a green arrow, the direction of incidence with a red arrow. The reflected light is detected at each wavelength. For a detailed explanation of the geometry parameters five additional structures are displayed in the right part of the figure.

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Fig. 2 Transformation of a planar layer system to the final shelf-structure. The simulation region is indicated with a green rectangle. The planar layer system (a) is cut into two halves and a vertical offset “shelf offset” is introduced (b). Afterwards the distance of the structure to the simulation region (corresponding to the parameter “structure distance”) is increased (c) and the shelves are separated in horizontal direction (d). To reach the final “bookshelf structure” the height of the central pillar is increased (e). In (f) the offset of the shelves was varied once more this time for the final structure.

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Fig. 3 The resulting reflectance spectrum of the optimization process for the color blue (a) shows a sharp reflection peak at 445 nm at the same time suppressing the reflection in the yellow color range. In (c) the reflection spectrum at different detector angles of the Morpho rhetenor butterfly for an incidence angle of 0° is shown. The structural parameters of a Morpho rhetenor butterfly where inserted into the FDTD model (b), showing close resemblance to the experimental results (c).

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Fig. 4 Contour plots displaying the reflectance R of parameter variations transforming a planar layer (upper left) system into the final “bookshelf structure” (white vertical line, lower center and lower right)

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Fig. 5 Contour plots displaying the reflectance R for a variation of the parameters “structure distance”, “pillar width”, “shelf width” (upper row) and “shelf distance”, “shelf height” and “shelf y0” (lower row) each time starting with the optimized parameters according to Table 1.

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Fig. 6 Far field calculations (log |E|2 in dependence of the viewing angle θ) at 445 nm for a randomization of a) Δr = 0 nm, b) Δr = ± 10 nm, c) Δr = ± 25 nm of the parameters “shelf height”, “shelf distance” and “shelf y0”

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Table 1 Structural Parameters for the Optimization of the Color Blue

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