Time-frozen snapshot of butterfly nanostructure development
Our report of the fortuitous finding of a very special Gyroid-like nanostructure in butterflies is out now: “Butterfly gyroid nanostructures as a time-frozen glimpse of intracellular membrane development” (Science Advances, 2017). While being a solid static nanostructure, it looks as if it was a solidified 3D snapshot of the nanostructure, during the growth process. Checkout what some of the news outlets had to say about it:
The Digital Journal: Nanoscience of the invisible butterfly revealed
Controlled Environments Mag: Butterfly Wings Decode Crystal Growth
Australian Popular Science: Scientists are puzzling out how butterflies assemble their brightly colored scales
Murdoch Media: Butterfly wings under a microscope
nanowerk.com: Understanding crystal growth in butterfly wings
Xinhua News: Color producing methods of butterfly wings could inspire 3D printing technology: research
Adolphe Merckle Institute News: Understanding crystal growth in butterfly wings
Cosmos Magazine: How butterfly wings get their colour