What makes a feather shine? A nanostructural basis for glossy black colours in feathers

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• Publication year

  2011

• Venue

  Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

• Publication date

  2011-07-07

• Fields of study

  Art, Medicine, Materials Science, Biology

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  DOI 10.1098/rspb.2010.1637PMID 21123257PMCID PMC3107640
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