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WILTS Bodo

Professor, Research group WILTS

Salzburg University Chemistry and Physics of Materials Jakob-Haringer-Str. 2a A-5020 Salzburg Austria

Office:	B126
Phone:	+41 26 300 8969
Email:	bodo.wilts@unifr.ch
Website:	https://uni-salzburg.elsevierpure.com/de/persons/bodo-wilts
	0000-0002-2727-7128

Projects team

Interplay of order and disorder in biophotonic materials

Investigating the reasons behind partial disorder in Nature's photonic materials

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Multi-responsive photonic materials as tunable filters, sensors and switches

Active between 01.06.2014 and 31.05.2018

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Complete photonic band gap materials made by self-assembly of bottlebrush block terpolymers

A bottom-up approach to mimic the weevil scale’s photonic band gap

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Enhancing structural colour through absorption

Towards unprecedently bright and colour-pure photonic crystals

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Publications

It's not a bug, It's a feature: Functional materials in insects
Schroeder Thomas B. H., Houghtaling Jared, Wilts Bodo D., Mayer Michael
Advanced Materials (2018)

Genetic manipulation of structural color in bacterial colonies
Johansen Villads Egede, Catón Laura, Hamidjaja Raditijo, Oosterink Els, Wilts Bodo D., Rasmussen Torben Sølbeck, Sherlock Michael Mario, Ingham Colin J., Vignolini Silvia
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2018)

Evolutionary-optimized photonic network structure in white beetle wing scales
Wilts Bodo D., Sheng Xiaoyuan, Holler Mirko, Diaz Ana, Guizar-Sicairos Manuel, Raabe Jörg, Hoppe Robert, Liu Shu-Hao, Langford Richard, Onelli Olimpia D., Chen Duyu, Torquato Salvatore, Steiner Ullrich, Schroer Christian G., Vignolini Silvia, Sepe Alessandro
Advanced Materials (2017)

Magnificent magpie colours by feathers with layers of hollow melanosomes
Stavenga Doekele G., Leertouwer Hein L., Wilts Bodo D.
The Journal of Experimental Biology (2017)

Longwing (Heliconius) butterflies combine a restricted set of pigmentary and structural coloration mechanisms
Wilts Bodo D., Vey Aidan J. M., Briscoe Adriana D., Stavenga Doekele G.
BMC Evolutionary Biology (2017)

Spectrally resolved surface plasmon resonance dispersion using half-ball optics
Dehmel Raphael, Baumberg Jeremy J., Steiner Ullrich, Wilts Bodo D.
Applied Physics Letters (2017)

Optical imaging of large gyroid grains in block copolymer templates by confined crystallization
Dehmel Raphael, Dolan James A., Gu Yibei, Wiesner Ulrich, Wilkinson Timothy D., Baumberg Jeremy J., Steiner Ullrich, Wilts Bodo D., Gunkel Ilja
Macromolecules (2017)

Circularly polarized reflection from the scarab beetle Chalcothea smaragdina: Light scattering by a dual photonic structure
McDonald Luke T., Finlayson Ewan D., Wilts Bodo D., Vukusic Pete
Interface Focus (2017)

Structural coloured feathers of mallards act by simple multilayer photonics
Stavenga Doekele G., van der Kooi Casper J., Wilts Bodo D.
Journal of The Royal Society Interface (2017)

Ultrastructure and optics of the prism-like petal epidermal cells of Eschscholzia californica (California poppy)
Wilts Bodo D., Rudall Paula J., Moyroud Edwige, Gregory Tom, Ogawa Yu, Vignolini Silvia, Steiner Ullrich, Glover Beverley J.
New Phytologist (2018)

Butterfly gyroid nanostructures as a time-frozen glimpse of intracellular membrane development
Wilts Bodo D., Apeleo Zubiri Benjamin, Klatt Michael A., Butz Benjamin, Fischer Michael G., Kelly Stephen T., Spiecker Erdmann, Steiner Ullrich, Schröder-Turk Gerd E.
Science Advances (2017)

Invited Article: Chiral optics of helicoidal cellulose nanocrystal films
Wilts B. D., Dumanli A. G., Middleton R., Vukusic P., Vignolini S.
APL Photonics (2017)

Structural Color in Marine Algae
Chandler Chris J., Wilts Bodo D., Brodie Juliet, Vignolini Silvia
Advanced Optical Materials (2016)

Extreme refractive index wing scale beads containing dense pterin pigments cause the bright colors of pierid butterflies
Wilts Bodo D., Wijnen Bas, Leertouwer Hein L., Steiner Ullrich, Stavenga Doekele G.
Advanced Optical Materials (2016)

Unique wing scale photonics of male Rajah Brooke’s birdwing butterflies
Wilts Bodo D., Giraldo Marco A., Stavenga Doekele G.
Frontiers in Zoology (2016)

Gyroid optical metamaterials: Calculating the effective permittivity of multidomain samples
Dolan James A., Saba Matthias, Dehmel Raphael, Gunkel Ilja, Gu Yibei, Wiesner Ulrich, Hess Ortwin, Wilkinson Timothy D., Baumberg Jeremy J., Steiner Ullrich, Wilts Bodo D.
ACS Photonics (2016)

Splendid coloration of the peacock spiderMaratus splendens
Stavenga Doekele G., Otto Jürgen C., Wilts Bodo D.
Journal of The Royal Society Interface (2016)

Structural colour in Chondrus crispus
Chandler Chris J., Wilts Bodo D., Vignolini Silvia, Brodie Juliet, Steiner Ullrich, Rudall Paula J., Glover Beverley J., Gregory Thomas, Walker Rachel H.
Scientific Reports (2015)

Spectrally tuned structural and pigmentary coloration of birdwing butterfly wing scales
Wilts Bodo D., Matsushita Atsuko, Arikawa Kentaro, Stavenga Doekele G.
Journal of The Royal Society Interface (2015)

Controlling self-assembly in gyroid terpolymer films by solvent vapor annealing
Dolan James A., Korzeb Karolina, Dehmel Raphael, Gödel Karl C., Stefik Morgan, Wiesner Ulrich, Wilkinson Timothy D., Baumberg Jeremy J., Wilts Bodo D., Steiner Ullrich, Gunkel Ilja
Small (2018)

When black and white make green: the surprising interplay of structure and pigments
Sai Tianqi, Wilts Bodo D., Sicher Alba, Steiner Ullrich, Scheffold Frank, Dufresne Eric R.
CHIMIA International Journal for Chemistry (2019)

Pterin-pigmented nanospheres create the colours of the polymorphic damselfly Ischnura elegans
Henze Miriam J., Lind Olle, Wilts Bodo D., Kelber Almut
Journal of The Royal Society Interface (2019)

Reflections on iridescent neck and breast feathers of the peacock, Pavo cristatus
Freyer Pascal, Wilts Bodo D., Stavenga Doekele G.
Interface Focus (2019)

Thin-film structural coloration from simple fused scales in moths
Kilchoer Cédric, Steiner Ullrich, Wilts Bodo D.
Interface Focus (2019)

Nature’s functional nanomaterials: Growth or self-assembly?
Wilts Bodo D., Clode Peta L., Patel Nipam H., Schröder-Turk Gerd E.
MRS Bulletin (2019)

Metasurfaces atop metamaterials: Surface morphology induces linear dichroism in gyroid optical metamaterials
Dolan James A., Dehmel Raphael, Demetriadou Angela, Gu Yibei, Wiesner Ulrich, Wilkinson Timothy D., Gunkel Ilja, Hess Ortwin, Baumberg Jeremy J., Steiner Ullrich, Saba Matthias, Wilts Bodo D.
Advanced Materials (2018)

A dynamic optical signal in a nocturnal moth
Kelley Jennifer L., Tatarnic Nikolai J., Schröder-Turk Gerd E., Endler John A., Wilts Bodo D.
Current Biology (2019)

Humidity-dependent colour change in the green forester moth, Adscita statices
Wilts Bodo D., Mothander Karolina, Kelber Almut
Biology Letters (2019)

Diffusive structural colour in Hoplia argentea
Kilchoer Cédric, Pirih Primož, Steiner Ullrich, Wilts Bodo D.
The Journal of Experimental Biology (2019)

Polydopamine nanoparticle doped nanofluid for solar thermal energy collector efficiency increase
Hauser Daniel, Steinmetz Lukas, Balog Sandor, Taladriz‐Blanco Patricia, Septiadi Dedy, Wilts Bodo D., Petri‐Fink Alke, Rothen‐Rutishauser Barbara
Advanced Sustainable Systems (2019)

Determining the complex Jones matrix elements of a chiral 3D optical metamaterial
Kilchoer Cédric, Abdollahi Narjes, Steiner Ullrich, Gunkel Ilja, Wilts Bodo D.
APL Photonics (2019)

What's in a band? The function of the color and banding pattern of the Banded Swallowtail
Tan Eunice J., Wilts Bodo D., Tan Brent T. K., Monteiro Antónia
Ecology and Evolution (2020)

Orientation-dependent reflection of structurally coloured butterflies
Zobl Sigrid, Wilts Bodo D., Salvenmoser Willi, Pölt Peter, Gebeshuber Ille C., Schwerte Thorsten
Biomimetics (2020)

Ultra-dense, curved, grating optics determines peacock spider coloration
Wilts Bodo D., Otto Jürgen, Stavenga Doekele G.
Nanoscale Advances (2020)

Polymerization-induced wrinkled surfaces with controlled topography as slippery surfaces for colorado potato beetles
Bergmann Johannes B., Moatsou Dafni, Surapaneni Venkata A., Thielen Marc, Speck Thomas, Wilts Bodo D., Steiner Ullrich
Advanced Materials Interfaces (2020)

Designing refractive index fluids using the Kramers-Kronig relations
Sai Tianqi, Saba Matthias, Dufresne Eric, Steiner Ullrich, Wilts Bodo
Faraday Discussions (2020)

Soft photonic fibers for colorimetric solvent vapor sensing
Malekovic Mirela, Urann Markus, Steiner Ullrich, Wilts Bodo D., Kolle Mathias
Advanced Optical Materials (2020)

Strong circular dichroism in single gyroid optical metamaterials
Kilchoer Cédric, Abdollahi Narjes, Dolan James A., Abdelrahman Doha, Saba Matthias, Wiesner Ulrich, Steiner Ullrich, Gunkel Ilja, Wilts Bodo D.
Advanced Optical Materials (2020)

Structural diversity with varying disorder enables the multicolored display in the longhorn beetle sulawesiella rafaelae
Bermúdez-Ureña Esteban, Kilchoer Cédric, Lord Nathan P., Steiner Ullrich, Wilts Bodo D.
iScience (2020)

Evolutionary algorithms converge towards evolved biological photonic structures
Barry Mamadou Aliou, Berthier Vincent, Wilts Bodo D., Cambourieux Marie-Claire, Bennet Pauline, Pollès Rémi, Teytaud Olivier, Centeno Emmanuel, Biais Nicolas, Moreau Antoine
Scientific Reports (2020)

Carbon‐assisted stable silver nanostructures
Abdollahi S. Narjes, Ochoa Martínez Efraín, Kilchoer Cédric, Kremer Geoffroy, Jaouen Thomas, Aebi Philipp, Hellmann Tim, Mayer Thomas, Gu Yibei, Wiesner Ulrich B., Steiner Ullrich, Wilts Bodo D., Gunkel Ilja
Advanced Materials Interfaces (2020)

Distributed Bragg reflectors from colloidal trilayer flake solutions
Malekovic Mirela, Bermúdez-Ureña Esteban, Steiner Ullrich, Wilts Bodo D.
APL Photonics (2021)

Insect antiadhesive surfaces using electrosprayed wrinkled ethyl cellulose particles
Bergmann Johannes B., Redondo Alexandre, Steiner Ullrich, Wilts Bodo D., Moatsou Dafni
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces (2021)

Light polarization by biological nanocoatings
Kryuchkov Mikhail, Savitsky Vladimir, Wilts Bodo D., Gray Elmer, Katanaev Vladimir L.
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces (2021)

Cyan-Emitting Cu(I) Complexes and Their Luminescent Metallopolymers
Ferrari Federico, Braun Jonas, Anson Christopher E., Wilts Bodo D., Moatsou Dafni, Bizzarri Claudia
Molecules (2021)

Correction to ‘Complex photonic response reveals three-dimensional self-organization of structural coloured bacterial colonies’
Schertel Lukas, van de Kerkhof Gea T., Jacucci Gianni, Catón Laura, Ogawa Yu, Wilts Bodo D., Ingham Colin J., Vignolini Silvia, Johansen Villads E.
Journal of The Royal Society Interface (2021)

Fruit Coloration: Attractive, Fatty Blue Colours?
Wilts Bodo D.
Current Biology (2020)

Complex photonic response reveals three-dimensional self-organization of structural coloured bacterial colonies
Schertel Lukas, van de Kerkhof Gea T., Jacucci Gianni, Catón Laura, Ogawa Yu, Wilts Bodo D., Ingham Colin J., Vignolini Silvia, Johansen Villads E.
Journal of The Royal Society Interface (2020)

What's in a band? The function of the color and banding pattern of the Banded Swallowtail
Tan Eunice J., Wilts Bodo D., Tan Brent T. K., Monteiro Antónia
Ecology and Evolution (2020)

Measuring the refractive index dispersion of (un)pigmented biological tissues by Jamin-Lebedeff interference microscopy
Stavenga Doekele G., Wilts Bodo D.
AIP Advances (2019)

Pterin-pigmented nanospheres create the colours of the polymorphic damselfly Ischnura elegans
Henze Miriam J., Lind Olle, Wilts Bodo D., Kelber Almut
Journal of The Royal Society Interface (2019)

Living light : optics, ecology and design principles of natural photonic structures
Wilts Bodo D., Vignolini Silvia
Interface Focus (2018)

Reflections on iridescent neck and breast feathers of the peacock, Pavo cristatus
Freyer Pascal, Wilts Bodo D., Stavenga Doekele G.
Interface Focus (2018)

Living Light 2018: Conference Report
Onelli Olimpia, Wilts Bodo, Vignolini Silvia
Biomimetics (2018)

Emergence and function of complex form in self-assembly and biological cells
Hyde Stephen T., Schröder-Turk Gerd E., Evans Myfanwy E., Wilts Bodo D.
Interface Focus (2017)

Formation of Synthetic Nanopores with Diameters from 20-50 nm by Laser-Assisted Dielectric Breakdown
Ying Cuifeng, Houghtaling Jared, Wilts Bodo, Mayer Michael
Biophysical Journal (2017)

Swelling and Softening of the Cowpea Chlorotic Mottle Virus in Response to pH Shifts
Wilts Bodo D., Schaap Iwan A.T., Schmidt Christoph F.
Biophysical Journal (2015)

High refractive index of melanin in shiny occipital feathers of a bird of paradise
Stavenga Doekele G, Leertouwer Hein L, Osorio Daniel C, Wilts Bodo D
Light: Science & Applications (2015)

Photonic Particles Made by the Confined Self‐Assembly of a Supramolecular Comb‐Like Block Copolymer
Moriceau Guillaume, Kilchoer Cédric, Djeghdi Kenza, Weder Christoph, Steiner Ullrich, Wilts Bodo D., Gunkel Ilja
Macromolecular Rapid Communications (2021)

Enhancing the refractive index of polymers with a plant‐based pigment
Yasir Mohammad, Sai Tianqi, Sicher Alba, Scheffold Frank, Steiner Ullrich, Wilts Bodo D., Dufresne Eric R.
Small (2021)

Cortex thickness is key for the colors of iridescent starling feather barbules with a single, organized melanosome layer
Freyer Pascal, Wilts Bodo D., Stavenga Doekele G.
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution (2021)

Pachyrhynchus Weevils Use 3D Photonic Crystals with Varying Degrees of Order to Create Diverse and Brilliant Displays
Parisotto Alessandro, Steiner Ullrich, Cabras Analyn Anzano, Van Dam Matthew H., Wilts Bodo D.
Small (2022)

3D Tomographic Analysis of the Order‐Disorder Interplay in the Pachyrhynchus congestus mirabilis Weevil
Djeghdi Kenza, Steiner Ullrich, Wilts Bodo D.
Advanced Science (2022)

Bio-inspired materials to control and minimise insect attachment
Bergmann Johannes B., Moatsou Dafni, Steiner Ullrich, Wilts Bodo
Bioinspiration & Biomimetics (2022)

Robust Full‐Spectral Color Tuning of Photonic Colloids
Dodero Andrea, Djeghdi Kenza, Bauernfeind Viola, Airoldi Martino, Wilts Bodo D., Weder Christoph, Steiner Ullrich, Gunkel Ilja
Small (2022)

Optical Reflectance of Composites with Aligned Engineered Microplatelets
Poloni Erik, Galinski Henning, Bouville Florian, Wilts Bodo, Braginsky Leonid, Bless David, Shklover Valery, Sicher Alba, Studart André R.
Advanced Optical Materials (2023)

Hierarchically Structured Deformation‐Sensing Mechanochromic Pigments
Clough Jess M., Kilchoer Cédric, Wilts Bodo D., Weder Christoph
Advanced Science (2023)

Photonic Amorphous I‐WP‐Like Networks Create Angle‐Independent Colors in Sternotomis virescens Longhorn Beetles
Bauernfeind Viola, Djeghdi Kenza, Gunkel Ilja, Steiner Ullrich, Wilts Bodo D.
Advanced Functional Materials (2023)

Structural light absorption in elytral micropillars of Euprotaetia inexpectata beetles
Parisotto Alessandro, Vogler-Neuling Viola V., Steiner Ullrich, Saba Matthias, Wilts Bodo D.
Materials Today Advances (2023)

Hexagonal‐Close‐Packed Colloidal Crystals in Glenea celestis Beetles
Parisotto Alessandro, Saranathan Vinodkumar, Steiner Ullrich, Wilts Bodo D.
Small Science (2023)

Biopolymer Photonics: From Nature to Nanotechnology
Vogler‐Neuling Viola V., Saba Matthias, Gunkel Ilja, Zoppe Justin O., Steiner Ullrich, Wilts Bodo D., Dodero Andrea
Advanced Functional Materials (2023)

Hyperbolic optical metamaterials from shear‐aligned block copolymer cylinder arrays
Kilchoer Cédric, Abdelrahman Doha, Abdollahi Narjes S., LaRocca Ava A., Steiner Ullrich, Saba Matthias, Gunkel Ilja, Wilts Bodo D.
Advanced Photonics Research (2020)

Structural color from pigment-loaded nanostructures
Sai Tianqi, Froufe-Pérez Luis S., Scheffold Frank, Wilts Bodo D., Dufresne Eric R.
Soft Matter (2023)

Thin film structural color is widespread in slime molds (Myxomycetes, Amoebozoa)
Bauernfeind Viola, Ronikier Anna, Ronikier Michał, Kozlowski Gregor, Steiner Ullrich, Wilts Bodo D.
Optics Express (2024)

Anoplophora graafi longhorn beetle coloration is due to disordered diamond-like packed spheres
Djeghdi Kenza, Schumacher Cédric, Bauernfeind Viola, Gunkel Ilja, Wilts Bodo D., Steiner Ullrich
Soft Matter (2024)

WILTS Bodo

Interplay of order and disorder in biophotonic materials

Multi-responsive photonic materials as tunable filters, sensors and switches

Complete photonic band gap materials made by self-assembly of bottlebrush block terpolymers

Enhancing structural colour through absorption