Code Number: 6F40.40
Demo Title: Wavelength Selective Scattering
Condition: Good
Principle: Structural Scattering
Area of Study: Optics, Astronomy
Equipment:
Morpho Butterfly Wings and Peacock Feathers.
Procedure:
The difference between structural color and color due to pigmentation can be discussed using the Morpho butterfly wings and peacock feathers as examples of the structural color.
References:
- Robert Hobbs, "Sunset in a Tube Demonstration", TPT, Vol. 61, #9, Dec. 2023, p. 806.
- Glenn S. Smith, "Structural Color of Morpho Butterflies", AJP, Vol. 77, #11, Nov. 2009, p. 1010.
- Vinothan N. Manoharan, Anna B. Stephenson, "A Field Guide to Angle-Independent Structural Color, Physics Today, Vol. 74, #1, Jan. 2021, p. 62.
- Ross C. McPhedran and Andrew R. Parker, "Biometrics: Lessons on Optics from Nature's School", Physics Today, Vol. 68, #6, June 2015, p. 32.
- Richard J. Fitzgerald, "Reversed Diffraction in Bio-Inspired Photonic Materials", Physics Today, Vol. 67, #12, Dec. 2014, p. 23.
- Steven K. Blau, "Filtering Light By Angle", Physics Today, Vol. 67, #5, May 2014, p. 16.
- Steven K. Blau, "Light as a Feather: Structural Elements Give Peacock Plumes Their Color", Physics Today, Vol. 57, #1, Jan. 2004, p. 18.
- Levi Sharpe, "Parrots Teach Scientists To Make Fade-Proof Colors", Popular Science, Vol. 287, #3, Sept. 2015, p. 29.
- Bill Franklin, "Understanding Interference Colors", Teaching about Color & Color Vision, 1996, p. 2C-12.
- "Energy Savers", Reader's Digest, June/July. 2011.