Review Article
Nanostructural Colouration in Malaysian Plants: Lessons for Biomimetics and Biomaterials
Table 2
Engineering applications that use structural colour based optical devices.
| Physical mechanism | Device structure | Engineering application | References |
| Multilayer interference | Multilayer thin film | Coating | [46] | Multilayer interference | Self-assembled nanocrystalline cellulose film | Humidity sensor | [47] | Multilayer interference | Multilayer flakes | Coating/painting | [48] | Multilayer interference | Multilayer thin film | Solar collector | [49] | Multilayer interference | Multilayer structure | Solar collector | [50] | Multilayer interference | Multilayer thin film structure | Antireflection coatings for solar cells | [51] | Multilayer interference | Polypeptide-based LB film | Display system | [52] | Multilayer interference | Elastic optical multilayer fibre | Colouration | [53] | Multilayer interference | Multilayer structure | Interference filters | [54] | Multilayer interference | Multilayer structure | Interference filter | [55] | Photonic structure | Photonic crystals | Temperature tuneable photonic crystals | [56] | Photonic structure | Photonic heterostructures | Colour filter | [57] | Photonic structure | Photonic crystals | Calorimetric sensor | [58] | Photonic structure | Photonic crystals | Antibody detection | [59] | Diffraction grating | Metal-dielectric multilayer | Colour shift | [60] | Photonic structure | Photonic crystals | Blast exposure sensor | [61] |
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