The iridescent shimmer that makes birds such as peacocks and hummingbirds so striking is rooted in a natural nanostructure so complex that people are only just beginning to replicate it technologically. The secret to how birds produce these brilliant colors…
OPOD - Bird Feather Iridescence
Realistic Bird Feathers. Detailed Colorful Feather of Different, Bird Feathers
Pink + pink = gold? Hybrid hummingbird's feathers don't match
Evolution of brilliant iridescent feather nanostructures
Birds' dazzling iridescence tied to nanoscale tweak of feather structure - High Meadows Environmental Institute, Bird Feathers
Birds' Dazzling Iridescence Tied to Nanoscale Tweak of Feather
Pterosaur discovery solves ancient feather mystery
New Nanonetwork Material Replicates the Structure of Bird Feathers, Bird Feathers
Realistic Bird Feathers. Detailed Colorful Feather of Different, Bird Feathers
Color and nanostructure of iridescent feathers. (a,d) Optical
birds, Page 6 of 6
Mary Stoddard Archives - High Meadows Environmental Institute
