Review Article

Nanostructural Colouration in Malaysian Plants: Lessons for Biomimetics and Biomaterials

Table 2

Engineering applications that use structural colour based optical devices.

Physical mechanismDevice structureEngineering applicationReferences

Multilayer interferenceMultilayer thin filmCoating[46]
Multilayer interferenceSelf-assembled nanocrystalline cellulose filmHumidity sensor[47]
Multilayer interferenceMultilayer flakesCoating/painting[48]
Multilayer interferenceMultilayer thin filmSolar collector[49]
Multilayer interferenceMultilayer structureSolar collector[50]
Multilayer interferenceMultilayer thin film structureAntireflection coatings for solar cells[51]
Multilayer interferencePolypeptide-based LB filmDisplay system[52]
Multilayer interferenceElastic optical multilayer fibreColouration[53]
Multilayer interferenceMultilayer structureInterference filters[54]
Multilayer interferenceMultilayer structureInterference filter[55]
Photonic structurePhotonic crystalsTemperature tuneable photonic crystals[56]
Photonic structurePhotonic heterostructuresColour filter[57]
Photonic structurePhotonic crystalsCalorimetric sensor[58]
Photonic structurePhotonic crystalsAntibody detection[59]
Diffraction gratingMetal-dielectric multilayerColour shift[60]
Photonic structurePhotonic crystalsBlast exposure sensor[61]