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Selected Publications:
For a complete and current list of publications, see my Google Scholar Profile, or my Publons Profile
(PDF copies available on ResearchGate or via Academia or on email request)
C. Finet, Q. Ruan, Y. Y. Bei, J. Y. E. Chan, V. Saranathan, J. K. W. Yang, and A. Monteiro. 2023. Multi-scale dissection of wing transparency in the clearwing butterfly Phanus vitreus. Journal of the Royal Society Interface. 20, 20230135. doi:10.1098/rsif.2023.0135
A. Sicher, R. Whitfield, J. Ilavsky, V. Saranathan, A. Anastasaki, and E. R. Dufresne. 2023. ATRP enhances structural correlations in polymerization- induced phase separation. Angewandte Chemie. e202217683. doi:10.1002/anie.202217683
(Click here for the freely available arXiv version)
H. K. Raut, Q. Ruan, C. Finet, V. Saranathan, J. K. W. Yang, and J. G. Fernandez. 2022. The height of chitinous ridges alone produces the entire structural colour palette. Advanced Materials Interfaces. 9, 2201419. doi:10.1002/admi.202201419
A. Prakash, C. Finet, T. D. Bannerjee, V. Saranathan, and A. Monteiro. 2022. Antennapedia regulates metallic silver wing scale development and cell shape in Bicyclus anynana butterflies. Cell Reports. 40: 111052. doi:10.1016/j.celrep.2022.111052
A. Sicher R. Ganz, A. Menzel, D. Messmer, G. Panzarasa, M. Feofilova, R. Prum, R. Style, V. Saranathan, R. M. Rossi, and E. R. Dufresne. 2021. Structural color from solid-state polymerization-induced phase separation. Soft Matter. 17: 5772–5779. doi:10.1039/d1sm00210d
(Click here for the freely available arXiv version)
V. Saranathan* and C. Finet. 2021. Cellular and Developmental Basis of Avian Structural Coloration. Current Opinion in Genetics and Development. 69: 56–64
doi:10.1016/j.gde.2021.02.004
∗ Lead and Corresponding Author
(Click here for the freely available arXiv version)
V. Saranathan*, S. Narayanan, A. Sandy, E. R. Dufresne, and R. O. Prum. 2021. Single Gyroid and Inverse b.c.c. Photonic Crystals in Bird Feathers. PNAS 118 (23): e2101357118. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2101357118.
∗ Sole Lead Corresponding Author
(for our expanded bioRxiv preprint, see: doi: 10.1101/2020.08.27.271213
Foley, S.∗, V. Saranathan*, and W. H. Piel. 2020. The Evolution of colouration and opsins in tarantulas. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 287:
20201688. doi:10.1098/rspb.2020.1688
∗ Co-first and Co-corresponding Authors
McDonald, L. T.*, S. Narayanan, A. Sandy, V. Saranathan∗ , and M. E, McNamara. 2020. Brilliant angle independent structural colours preserved in weevil scales from the Swiss Pleistocene. Biology Letters 16(4): 20200063. doi:10.1098/rsbl.2020.0063
∗ Lead Corresponding Authors
Seago, A. E.*, R. Oberprieler and V. Saranathan∗. 2019. Evolution of insect iridescence: origins of three-dimensional photonic crystals in weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea). Integrative and Comparative Biology 59: 1664–1672 doi:10.1093/icb/icz040
∗ Lead Corresponding Authors
Wilts, B. D.∗ and V. Saranathan∗. 2018. A Literal Elytral Rainbow: Tunable Structural Colors Using Single Diamond Biophotonic Crystals in Pachyrrhynchus congestus Weevils. Small 14(46): 1802328. doi:10.1002/smll.201802328
∗Lead Corresponding Authors
Saranathan, V. 2018. "Topology of minimal surface biophotonic nanostructures in arthropods", in Springer Series in Solid-State Sciences: The Role of Topology in Materials (S. Gupta and A. Saxena Eds.). pp.275-290 (Springer, Dordrecht). doi:10.1007/978-3-319-76596-9_11
Saranathan, V., A. E. Seago, A. Sandy, S. Narayanan, S. G. J. Mochrie, E. R. Dufresne, H. Cao, C. O. Osuji, and R. O. Prum. 2015. Structural Diversity of Self-Assembled Arthropod Biophotonic Nanostructures Spans Amphiphilic Phase-Space. Nano Letters 15(6): 3735–42 doi:10.1021/acs.nanolett.5b00201
McNamara, M. E.∗, V. Saranathan∗, E. Locatelli, H. Noh, D. E. G. Briggs, P. J. Orr and H. Cao. 2014. Cryptic iridescence in a fossil weevil generated by single diamond photonic crystals. Journal of the Royal Society Interface 11(100):20140736 doi:10.1098/rsif.2014.0736
∗Lead Corresponding Authors
Saranathan, V., J. D. Forster, H. Noh, S. F. Liew, S. G. J. Mochrie, H. Cao, E. R. Dufresne, and R. O. Prum. 2012. Structure and Optical Function of Amorphous Photonic Nanostructures from Avian Feather Barbs: A Comparative Small Angle X-ray Scattering (SAXS) Analysis of 230 Bird Species. Journal of the Royal Society Interface 9(75): 2563–80 doi:10.1098/rsif.2012.0191
D’Alba, L., V. Saranathan†, J. A. Clarke, J. Vinther, R. O. Prum and M. D. Shawkey†. 2011. Colour producing β-keratin nanofibres in Blue Penguin (Eudyptula minor) feathers. Biology Letters 7(4): 543–6 doi:10.1098/rsbl.2010.1163
† indicates equal lead contribution
Saranathan, V., C. O. Osuji, S. G. J. Mochrie, H. Noh, S. Narayanan, A. Sandy, E. R. Dufresne, and R. O. Prum. 2010. Structure, Function and Self-Assembly of Single Network Gyroid (I4132) Photonic Crystals In Butterfly Wing Scales. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 107(26): 11676– 11681 doi:10.1073/pnas.0909616107
Forster, J. D., H. Noh, S. F. Liew, V. Saranathan, C. F. Shreck, L. Yang, J.-G. Park, R. O. Prum, S. G. J. Mochrie, C. S. O’Hern, H. Cao and E. R. Dufresne. 2010. Biomimetic isotropic nanostructures for structural coloration. Advanced Materials 22(26-27):2939–44 doi:10.1002/adma.200903693
Noh, H., S. F. Liew, V. Saranathan, S. G. J. Mochrie, R. O. Prum, E. R. Dufresne, and H. Cao. 2010. How non-iridescent colors are generated by quasi- ordered structures of bird feathers. Advanced Materials 22(26-27): 2871–80 doi:10.1002/adma.200903699
Dufresne, E. R., H. Noh, V. Saranathan, S. Mochrie, H. Cao and R. O. Prum. 2009. Self-Assembly of Amorphous Biophotonic Nanostructures by Phase Separation. Soft Matter 5: 1792–1795 doi:10.1039/b902775k
Vinther, J., D. E. G. Briggs, R. O. Prum and V. Saranathan. 2008. The colour of fossil feathers. Biology Letters 4: 522–525 doi:10.1098/rsbl.2008.0302
For a complete and current list of publications, see my Google Scholar Profile, or my Publons Profile
(PDF copies available on ResearchGate or via Academia or on email request)
C. Finet, Q. Ruan, Y. Y. Bei, J. Y. E. Chan, V. Saranathan, J. K. W. Yang, and A. Monteiro. 2023. Multi-scale dissection of wing transparency in the clearwing butterfly Phanus vitreus. Journal of the Royal Society Interface. 20, 20230135. doi:10.1098/rsif.2023.0135
A. Sicher, R. Whitfield, J. Ilavsky, V. Saranathan, A. Anastasaki, and E. R. Dufresne. 2023. ATRP enhances structural correlations in polymerization- induced phase separation. Angewandte Chemie. e202217683. doi:10.1002/anie.202217683
(Click here for the freely available arXiv version)
H. K. Raut, Q. Ruan, C. Finet, V. Saranathan, J. K. W. Yang, and J. G. Fernandez. 2022. The height of chitinous ridges alone produces the entire structural colour palette. Advanced Materials Interfaces. 9, 2201419. doi:10.1002/admi.202201419
A. Prakash, C. Finet, T. D. Bannerjee, V. Saranathan, and A. Monteiro. 2022. Antennapedia regulates metallic silver wing scale development and cell shape in Bicyclus anynana butterflies. Cell Reports. 40: 111052. doi:10.1016/j.celrep.2022.111052
A. Sicher R. Ganz, A. Menzel, D. Messmer, G. Panzarasa, M. Feofilova, R. Prum, R. Style, V. Saranathan, R. M. Rossi, and E. R. Dufresne. 2021. Structural color from solid-state polymerization-induced phase separation. Soft Matter. 17: 5772–5779. doi:10.1039/d1sm00210d
(Click here for the freely available arXiv version)
V. Saranathan* and C. Finet. 2021. Cellular and Developmental Basis of Avian Structural Coloration. Current Opinion in Genetics and Development. 69: 56–64
doi:10.1016/j.gde.2021.02.004
∗ Lead and Corresponding Author
(Click here for the freely available arXiv version)
V. Saranathan*, S. Narayanan, A. Sandy, E. R. Dufresne, and R. O. Prum. 2021. Single Gyroid and Inverse b.c.c. Photonic Crystals in Bird Feathers. PNAS 118 (23): e2101357118. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2101357118.
∗ Sole Lead Corresponding Author
(for our expanded bioRxiv preprint, see: doi: 10.1101/2020.08.27.271213
Foley, S.∗, V. Saranathan*, and W. H. Piel. 2020. The Evolution of colouration and opsins in tarantulas. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 287:
20201688. doi:10.1098/rspb.2020.1688
∗ Co-first and Co-corresponding Authors
McDonald, L. T.*, S. Narayanan, A. Sandy, V. Saranathan∗ , and M. E, McNamara. 2020. Brilliant angle independent structural colours preserved in weevil scales from the Swiss Pleistocene. Biology Letters 16(4): 20200063. doi:10.1098/rsbl.2020.0063
∗ Lead Corresponding Authors
Seago, A. E.*, R. Oberprieler and V. Saranathan∗. 2019. Evolution of insect iridescence: origins of three-dimensional photonic crystals in weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea). Integrative and Comparative Biology 59: 1664–1672 doi:10.1093/icb/icz040
∗ Lead Corresponding Authors
Wilts, B. D.∗ and V. Saranathan∗. 2018. A Literal Elytral Rainbow: Tunable Structural Colors Using Single Diamond Biophotonic Crystals in Pachyrrhynchus congestus Weevils. Small 14(46): 1802328. doi:10.1002/smll.201802328
∗Lead Corresponding Authors
Saranathan, V. 2018. "Topology of minimal surface biophotonic nanostructures in arthropods", in Springer Series in Solid-State Sciences: The Role of Topology in Materials (S. Gupta and A. Saxena Eds.). pp.275-290 (Springer, Dordrecht). doi:10.1007/978-3-319-76596-9_11
Saranathan, V., A. E. Seago, A. Sandy, S. Narayanan, S. G. J. Mochrie, E. R. Dufresne, H. Cao, C. O. Osuji, and R. O. Prum. 2015. Structural Diversity of Self-Assembled Arthropod Biophotonic Nanostructures Spans Amphiphilic Phase-Space. Nano Letters 15(6): 3735–42 doi:10.1021/acs.nanolett.5b00201
McNamara, M. E.∗, V. Saranathan∗, E. Locatelli, H. Noh, D. E. G. Briggs, P. J. Orr and H. Cao. 2014. Cryptic iridescence in a fossil weevil generated by single diamond photonic crystals. Journal of the Royal Society Interface 11(100):20140736 doi:10.1098/rsif.2014.0736
∗Lead Corresponding Authors
Saranathan, V., J. D. Forster, H. Noh, S. F. Liew, S. G. J. Mochrie, H. Cao, E. R. Dufresne, and R. O. Prum. 2012. Structure and Optical Function of Amorphous Photonic Nanostructures from Avian Feather Barbs: A Comparative Small Angle X-ray Scattering (SAXS) Analysis of 230 Bird Species. Journal of the Royal Society Interface 9(75): 2563–80 doi:10.1098/rsif.2012.0191
D’Alba, L., V. Saranathan†, J. A. Clarke, J. Vinther, R. O. Prum and M. D. Shawkey†. 2011. Colour producing β-keratin nanofibres in Blue Penguin (Eudyptula minor) feathers. Biology Letters 7(4): 543–6 doi:10.1098/rsbl.2010.1163
† indicates equal lead contribution
Saranathan, V., C. O. Osuji, S. G. J. Mochrie, H. Noh, S. Narayanan, A. Sandy, E. R. Dufresne, and R. O. Prum. 2010. Structure, Function and Self-Assembly of Single Network Gyroid (I4132) Photonic Crystals In Butterfly Wing Scales. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 107(26): 11676– 11681 doi:10.1073/pnas.0909616107
Forster, J. D., H. Noh, S. F. Liew, V. Saranathan, C. F. Shreck, L. Yang, J.-G. Park, R. O. Prum, S. G. J. Mochrie, C. S. O’Hern, H. Cao and E. R. Dufresne. 2010. Biomimetic isotropic nanostructures for structural coloration. Advanced Materials 22(26-27):2939–44 doi:10.1002/adma.200903693
Noh, H., S. F. Liew, V. Saranathan, S. G. J. Mochrie, R. O. Prum, E. R. Dufresne, and H. Cao. 2010. How non-iridescent colors are generated by quasi- ordered structures of bird feathers. Advanced Materials 22(26-27): 2871–80 doi:10.1002/adma.200903699
Dufresne, E. R., H. Noh, V. Saranathan, S. Mochrie, H. Cao and R. O. Prum. 2009. Self-Assembly of Amorphous Biophotonic Nanostructures by Phase Separation. Soft Matter 5: 1792–1795 doi:10.1039/b902775k
Vinther, J., D. E. G. Briggs, R. O. Prum and V. Saranathan. 2008. The colour of fossil feathers. Biology Letters 4: 522–525 doi:10.1098/rsbl.2008.0302
