ABOUT

This projects is the result of a photoshot made to implement scientifc pubblication with visual components. We can observe fancy and colorful objects that conceal a complex and vast world ruled by photonic and plasmonic principles.

"The extraordinary beauty of nature is such that, through optical phenomena, let the wings of a butterfly to shine of a bright and vivid blue color. This is the key to the colors visible in this shhot. A special support, the skeleton of an ivy leaf, together with biodegradable cellulose and nanotechnology techniques, are the fundamental pieces to make nanostructures that create this luminous game. In our laboratory we synthesize photonic crystals; nanometric and ordered structures that can interact with visible light in a controlled manner. These crystals reflect, transmit and capture specific areas of the light spectrum. For this reason it is possible to see different colors: the tones reflected on the leaf and the transmitted colors that reach the lens mirroring in the water. At the same time, part of the light gets trapped and can be used to activate electronic, thermal or biological phenomena. Everything, in a single shot."