Summary

Colors in nature are not always produced by pigments. Pearls, bird feathers, butterfly wings and opals display brilliant colors through the interaction of light with microscopic structures, a phenomenon known as structural color. Inspired by these natural phenomena, a research team led by Professor Shu Yin at Tohoku University, in collaboration with researchers from the University of Osaka, National Taipei University of Technology, University of Science and Technology Beijing and Daito Kasei Kogyo Co., Ltd., has developed a simpler way to produce vivid structural colors.

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