Spider orb webs are known to produce colour displays in nature, both in reflection and transmission of sunlight, under certain illumination conditions. The cause of these colours has been the subject of speculation since the time of Newton. It has also been the topic of observational interpretation and some experiment which has proposed diffraction by the fine silks, scattering from rough/structured surfaces and thin film effects as the primary causes. We report systematic studies carried out using the silks of Australian orb web weaving spiders. Studies of both white light and laser light scattering/propagation by natural spider silks have definitively determined the primary cause of the colour displays is rainbows that can be understood b...
Structural color is produced when nanostructures alter light in contrast with pigment-based colors t...
Coloration of the egg sacs of spiders varies widely to the human eye, both across and within taxonom...
Mechanical performance of biological structures, such as tendons, byssal threads, muscles, and spide...
Certain spider webs are composed of several types of micro-optical elements made from transparent op...
The silks of certain orb weaving spiders are emerging as high-quality optical materials. This motiva...
Phylogenetic patterns of change in spider silk coloration provide insight into the selective pressur...
Spiders are an incredibly diverse group, encompassing over 40,000 described species, and they make a...
Colour produced by wavelength-dependent light scattering is a key component of visual communication ...
Controlling light through photonic nanostructures is important for everyday optical components, from...
Colour produced by wavelength-dependent light scattering is a key component of visual communication ...
A spider uses up to seven different types of silk, all having specific functions, as building materi...
This project aims to characterise the optical properties of spider silk under the non-destructive li...
There is an emerging interest in natural silks as an optical material due to their attractive optica...
A spider uses up to seven different types of silk, all having specific functions, as building materi...
Optical charactcrisation of a Nephila edulis spider dragline silk is performed. The silk fiber trans...
Structural color is produced when nanostructures alter light in contrast with pigment-based colors t...
Coloration of the egg sacs of spiders varies widely to the human eye, both across and within taxonom...
Mechanical performance of biological structures, such as tendons, byssal threads, muscles, and spide...
Certain spider webs are composed of several types of micro-optical elements made from transparent op...
The silks of certain orb weaving spiders are emerging as high-quality optical materials. This motiva...
Phylogenetic patterns of change in spider silk coloration provide insight into the selective pressur...
Spiders are an incredibly diverse group, encompassing over 40,000 described species, and they make a...
Colour produced by wavelength-dependent light scattering is a key component of visual communication ...
Controlling light through photonic nanostructures is important for everyday optical components, from...
Colour produced by wavelength-dependent light scattering is a key component of visual communication ...
A spider uses up to seven different types of silk, all having specific functions, as building materi...
This project aims to characterise the optical properties of spider silk under the non-destructive li...
There is an emerging interest in natural silks as an optical material due to their attractive optica...
A spider uses up to seven different types of silk, all having specific functions, as building materi...
Optical charactcrisation of a Nephila edulis spider dragline silk is performed. The silk fiber trans...
Structural color is produced when nanostructures alter light in contrast with pigment-based colors t...
Coloration of the egg sacs of spiders varies widely to the human eye, both across and within taxonom...
Mechanical performance of biological structures, such as tendons, byssal threads, muscles, and spide...