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Bluespotted ribbontail ray. A study on bluespotted ribbontail rays revealed how their skin’s nanostructures create vivid blue colors, useful in camouflage and potentially adaptable for eco-friendly dyes in various applications. Credit: Morgan Bennet Smith
This finding has implications for developing chemical-free coloration technologies, with ongoing research into similar phenomena in other marineScientists have identified the unique nanostructures responsible for the electric blue spots of the bluespotted ribbontail ray , with possible applications for developing chemical-free coloration. The team is also conducting ongoing research into the equally enigmatic blue coloration of the blue shark .
“We discovered that the blue color is produced by unique skin cells, with a stable 3D arrangement of nanoscale spheres containing reflecting nanocrystals ,” says Amar Surapaneni, a postdoc with Mason Dean’s group until recently and now a visiting academic at Trinity College Dublin. “Because the size of the nanostructures and their spacing are a useful multiple of the wavelength of blue light, they tend to reflect blue wavelengths specifically.
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