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UNINA9910955037803321 |
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Kinoshita Shù„ichi <1949-> |
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Structural colors in the realm of nature / / Shuichi Kinoshita |
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Singapore ; ; Hackensack, NJ, : World Scientific, c2008 |
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[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (368 p.) |
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Animals - Color |
Structural colors |
Animal pigments |
Plants - Color |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-285) and indexes. |
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1. Introduction. 1.1. What is structural color? 1.2. Historical overview -- 2. Fundamentals of structural coloration. 2.1. Fundamentals of properties of light. 2.2. Thin-film interference. 2.3. Multilayer interference. 2.4. Diffraction of light and diffraction grating. 2.5. Photonic crystals. 2.6. Light scattering -- 3. Butterflies and moths. 3.1. General descriptions. 3.2. Morpho butterflies. 3.3. Overview of the structural coloration in butterflies and moths -- 4. Beetles and other insects. 4.1. Overview. 4.2. Beetles. 4.3. Damselflies and dragonflies. 4.4. Shield bugs and cicadas. 4.5. Other insects -- 5. Birds. 5.1. Overview. 5.2. Peacocks, pheasants, and ducks. 5.3. Hummingbirds. 5.4. Trogons. 5.5. Pigeons. 5.6. Non-iridescent colorations - kingfishers, parakeets, cotingas, and jays -- 6. Fish. 6.1. General description. 6.2. Static iridophores. 6.3. Motile iridophores. 6.4. Motile iridophores -- 7. Plants -- 8. Miscellaneous. 8.1. Shells. 8.2. Spiders. 8.3. Marine animals -- 9. Mathematical background. 9.1. Calculations of multilayer reflection. 9.2. Model for Morpho butterfly scale. 9.3. Antireflection effect. 9.4. Average refractive index. 9.5. Cholesteric liquid crystal. |
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Structural colorations originate from self-organized microstructures, which interact with light in a complex way to produce brilliant colors |
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seen everywhere in nature. Research in this field is extremely new and has been rapidly growing in the last 10 years, because the elaborate structures created in nature can now be fabricated through various types of nanotechnologies. Indeed, a fundamental book covering this field from biological, physical, and engineering viewpoints has long been expected.Coloring in nature comes mostly from inherent colors of materials, though it sometimes has a purely p |
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UNINA9910965250203321 |
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Autore |
Rocha Geisa Maria |
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In Search of Namibian Independence : the Limitations of the United Nations |
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Milton, : Routledge, 2018 |
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0-429-71666-4 |
0-429-04713-4 |
0-429-69665-5 |
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1 online resource (xi, 192 pages) |
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Nationalism - Namibia |
Namibia Politics and government 1946-1990 |
Namibia International status |
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Focusing on the Namibian issue and how it has been handled in the United Nations since 1945, this book discusses the limitations of the UN as a political institution and assesses its ability to manage crises and control conflicts. The UN was established to help maintain international peace and security; since its founding, however, the independence and sovereignty of member states has come to take precedence over the organization's original goals. As a result, contends Ms. Rocha, the UN may be viewed as a passive arena where political actors pursue their policies and priorities in response to the larger |
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realities and forces governing world politics. In the case of Namibia, the UN simply cannot take significant action in expelling the illegal South African administration without the support of the few powerful members who provide it with resources. She concludes that the liberation of Namibia rests ultimately with the Namibian people themselves and the ability of SWAPO to intensify its armed struggle, thereby causing South Africa to consider its presence in Namibia more a liability than an asset. |
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