Controlled, Bio-inspired Self-Assembly of Cellulose-Based Chiral Refl ectors

Layered transparent photonic stacks are known to give rise to highly brilliant color in a variety of living organisms. [ 1 ] The biomimetic replication of these structures not only offers a wide range of applications, but can also be used as a tool to gain understanding of the biological processes responsible for the self-assembly of these structures in nature. Recent studies showed that cellul…