Bombyx mori (silkworm) silk

Biological materials

10 datasets, together covering 0.3–1.7 µm. Default: Bucciarelli et al. 2018: Photocrosslinkable fibroin film, crosslinked; n 0.4–1.5 µm.

Use it in Lightsmith

Load this data in Python, simulate in one more line

pip install lightsmith
import lightsmith as ls

# Bombyx mori (silkworm) silk: Bucciarelli et al. 2018: Photocrosslinkable fibroin film, crosslinked; n 0.4–1.5 µm
bombyx_mori = ls.fetch_refractiveindex("other", "Bombyx_mori", "Bucciarelli-FPP_FA_Ex", ref="c5c2f188e848453def5970e347399d653df2ffc2")
print(bombyx_mori.range_nm)  # (400, 1500) nm
eps = bombyx_mori.eps([633])  # complex permittivity

Downloads the original record once (pinned to the imported snapshot) and caches it.

Lightsmith is open source (MIT): Mie, T-matrix, BEM, DDA, FDTD, RCWA, TMM, mode solvers and inverse design behind one spec, on CPU or GPU. GitHub.

About Bombyx mori (silkworm) silk

Other names: Bombyx_mori

API: /v1/materials/mat_f0e2baccf0a5 · slug bombyx-mori