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Not only a matter of disorder in I-WP minimal surface-based photonic networks: Diffusive structural color in Sternotomis amabilis longhorn beetles
Viola Bauernfeind, Vinodkumar Saranathan, Kenza Djeghdi, Elena Longo, Silja Flenner, Imke Greving, Ullrich Steiner, Bodo D. Wilts
Materials Today Advances 23 , 100524 (2024)

Large‐Scale Artificial Production of Coleoptera Cuticle Iridescence and Its Use in Conformal Biodegradable Coatings
Akshayakumar Kompa, Cédric Finet, Vinodkumar Saranathan, Javier G Fernandez
Advanced Engineering Materials 26 (2024)

Ridge and crossrib height of butterfly wing scales is a toolbox for structural color diversity
Cédric Finet, Qifeng Ruan, Yi Yang Bei, Vinodkumar Saranathan, Antónia Monteiro
not found (2024)

La couleur bleue : des pigments à l’auto-assemblage
Vinodkumar Saranathan, Annu Jalais
Photoniques , 49-53 (2024)

Hierarchical morphogenesis of swallowtail butterfly wing scale nanostructures
Kwi Shan Seah, Vinodkumar Saranathan
eLife 12 (2023)

Hierarchical Morphogenesis of Swallowtail Butterfly Wing Scale Nanostructures
Kwi Shan Seah, Vinodkumar Saranathan
preprint (2023)

Hexagonal‐Close‐Packed Colloidal Crystals in Glenea celestis Beetles
Alessandro Parisotto, Vinodkumar Saranathan, Ullrich Steiner, Bodo D. Wilts
Small Science (2023)

Hierarchical Morphogenesis of Swallowtail Butterfly Wing Scale Nanostructures
Kwi Shan Seah, Vinodkumar Saranathan
preprint (2023)

Multi-scale dissection of wing transparency in the clearwing butterfly Phanus vitreus
Cédric Finet, Qifeng Ruan, Yi Yang Bei, John You En Chan, Vinodkumar Saranathan, Joel K. W. Yang, Antónia Monteiro
Journal of The Royal Society Interface 20 (2023)

ATRP Enhances Structural Correlations In Polymerization‐Induced Phase Separation**
Alba Sicher, Richard Whitfield, Jan Ilavsky, Vinodkumar Saranathan, Athina Anastasaki, Eric R. Dufresne
Angewandte Chemie (2023)

ATRP Enhances Structural Correlations In Polymerization‐Induced Phase Separation**
Alba Sicher, Richard Whitfield, Jan Ilavsky, Vinodkumar Saranathan, Athina Anastasaki, Eric R. Dufresne
Angewandte Chemie International Edition (2023)

The Height of Chitinous Ridges Alone Produces the Entire Structural Color Palette
Hemant Kumar Raut, Qifeng Ruan, Cédric Finet, Vinodkumar Saranathan, Joel K.W. Yang, Javier G. Fernandez
Advanced Materials Interfaces 9 (2022)

Antennapedia and optix regulate metallic silver wing scale development and cell shape in Bicyclus anynana butterflies
Anupama Prakash, Cédric Finet, Tirtha Das Banerjee, Vinodkumar Saranathan, Antónia Monteiro
Cell Reports 40 , 111052 (2022)

Antennapedia regulates metallic silver wing scale development and cell shape in Bicyclus anynana butterflies
Anupama Prakash, Cédric Finet, Tirtha Das Banerjee, Vinodkumar Saranathan, Antónia Monteiro
other (2021)

Cellular and developmental basis of avian structural coloration
Vinodkumar Saranathan, Cédric Finet
Current Opinion in Genetics & Development 69 , 56-64 (2021)

Evolution of single gyroid photonic crystals in bird feathers
Vinodkumar Saranathan, Suresh Narayanan, Alec Sandy, Eric R. Dufresne, Richard O. Prum
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 118 (2021)

Structural Color from Solid-State Polymerization-Induced Phase Separation

preprint (2021)

Structural color from solid-state polymerization-induced phase separation
Alba Sicher, Rabea Ganz, Andreas Menzel, Daniel Messmer, Guido Panzarasa, Maria Feofilova, Richard O. Prum, Robert W. Style, Vinodkumar Saranathan, René M. Rossi, Eric R. Dufresne
Soft Matter 17 , 5772-5779 (2021)

F-actin Re-organization Mediates Hierarchical Morphogenesis of Swallowtail Butterfly Wing Scale Nanostructures
Kwi Shan Seah, Vinodkumar Saranathan
other (2020)

The evolution of coloration and opsins in tarantulas
Saoirse Foley, Vinodkumar Saranathan, William H. Piel
Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences (2020)

Evolution of Single Gyroid Photonic Crystals in Bird Feathers
Vinodkumar Saranathan, Suresh Narayanan, Alec Sandy, Eric R. Dufresne, Richard O. Prum
other (2020)

The Evolution Of Colouration And Opsins In Tarantulas
Saoirse Foley, Vinodkumar Saranathan, William H. Piel
other (2020)

Brilliant angle-independent structural colours preserved in weevil scales from the Swiss Pleistocene.
Luke T. McDonald, Suresh Narayanan, Alec Sandy, Vinodkumar Saranathan, Maria E. McNamara
Biology letters (2020)

Evolution of Insect Iridescence: Origins of Three-Dimensional Photonic Crystals in Weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea).
Ainsley E Seago, Rolf Oberprieler, Vinod Kumar Saranathan
Integrative and comparative biology (2019)

A Literal Elytral Rainbow: Tunable Structural Colors Using Single Diamond Biophotonic Crystals in Pachyrrhynchus congestus Weevils
Bodo D. Wilts, Vinodkumar Saranathan
Small (2018)

Topology of Minimal Surface Biophotonic Nanostructures in Arthropods
Vinodkumar Saranathan
The Role of Topology in Materials (2018)

Structural Diversity of Arthropod Biophotonic Nanostructures Spans Amphiphilic Phase-Space
Vinodkumar Saranathan, Ainsley E. Seago, Alec Sandy, Suresh Narayanan, Simon G. J. Mochrie, Eric R. Dufresne, Hui Cao, Chinedum O. Osuji, Richard O. Prum
Nano Letters (2015)

Cryptic iridescence in a fossil weevil generated by single diamond photonic crystals
Maria E. McNamara, Vinod Saranathan, Emma R. Locatelli, Heeso Noh, Derek E. G. Briggs, Patrick J. Orr, Hui Cao
Journal of the Royal Society Interface (2014)

Structure and optical function of amorphous photonic nanostructures from avian feather barbs: A comparative small angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) analysis of 230 bird species
Vinodkumar Saranathan, Jason D. Forster, Heeso Noh, Seng-Fatt Liew, Simon G. J. Mochrie, Hui Cao, Eric R. Dufresne, Richard O. Prum
journal-article (2012)

Photonic crystals in beetles

book (2012)

Colour-producing β-keratin nanofibres in blue penguin (Eudyptula minor) feathers
Liliana D'Alba, Vinodkumar Saranathan, Julia A. Clarke, Jakob A. Vinther, Richard O. Prum, Matthew D. Shawkey
journal-article (2011)

Short-range order and near-field effects on optical scattering and structural coloration
S. F. Liew, J. Forster, H. Noh, C. F. Schreck, V. Saranathan, X. Lu, L. Yang, Richard O. Prum, C. S. O’Hern, E. R. Dufresne, H. Cao
journal-article (2011)

Double scattering of light from biophotonic nanostructures with short-range order
Heeso Noh, Seng Fatt Liew, Vinodkumar Saranathan, Richard O. Prum, Simon G. J. Mochrie, Eric R. Dufresne, Hui Cao
journal-article (2010)

Biomimetic isotropic nanostructures for structural coloration
Jason D. Forster, Heeso Noh, Seng Fatt Liew, Vinodkumar Saranathan, Carl F. Schreck, Lin Yang, Jin‐Gyu Park, Richard O. Prum, Simon G. J. Mochrie, Corey S. O'Hern, Hui Cao, Eric R. Dufresne
journal-article (2010)

How noniridescent colors are generated by quasi-ordered structures of bird feathers
Heeso Noh, Seng Fatt Liew, Vinodkumar Saranathan, Simon G. J. Mochrie, Richard O. Prum, Eric R. Dufresne, Hui Cao
journal-article (2010)

Contribution of double scattering to structural coloration in quasiordered nanostructures of bird feathers
Heeso Noh, Seng Fatt Liew, Vinodkumar Saranathan, Richard O. Prum, Simon G. J. Mochrie, Eric R. Dufresne, Hui Cao
journal-article (2010)

Structure, function, and self-assembly of single network gyroid (I4 132) photonic crystals in butterfly wing scales
Vinodkumar Saranathan, Chinedum O. Osuji, Simon G. J. Mochrie, Heeso Noh, Suresh Narayanan, Alec Sandy, Eric R. Dufresne, Richard O. Prum
journal-article (2010)

Electron tomography, three-dimensional Fourier analysis and colour prediction of a three-dimensional amorphous biophotonic nanostructure
Matthew D Shawkey, Vinodkumar Saranathan, Hildur Pálsdóttir, John Crum, Mark H Ellisman, Manfred Auer, Richard O Prum
journal-article (2009)

Self-assembly of amorphous biophotonic nanostructures by phase separation
Eric R. Dufresne, Heeso Noh, Vinodkumar Saranathan, Simon G. J. Mochrie, Hui Cao, Richard O. Prum
journal-article (2009)

The colour of fossil feathers
Jakob Vinther, Derek E.G Briggs, Richard O Prum, Vinodkumar Saranathan
journal-article (2008)

Characterization of polymorphic microsatellite loci for the invasive monk parakeet (Myiopsitta monachus)
M. A. RUSSELLO, V. SARANATHAN, S. BUHRMAN‐DEEVER, J. EBERHARD, A. CACCONE
journal-article (2007)

Genetic evidence supports song learning in the three-wattled bellbird Procnias tricarunculata (Cotingidae)
VINODKUMAR SARANATHAN, DEBORAH HAMILTON, GEORGE V. N. POWELL, DONALD E. KROODSMA, RICHARD O. PRUM
journal-article (2007)

Sunlight on feathers inhibits feather-degrading bacteria
VINODKUMAR SARANATHAN, EDWARD H. BURTT
journal-article (2007)

Synchronization in disordered Josephson junction arrays: Small-world connections and the Kuramoto model
B. R. Trees, V. Saranathan, D. Stroud
Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics (2005)

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