Antireflective nanocoatings for UV-sensation: the case of predatory owlfly insects
Abstract Moth-eye nanostructures, discovered to coat corneae of certain nocturnal insects, have inspired numerous technological applications to reduce light reflectance from solar cells, light-emitting diodes, and optical detectors. Technological developments require such nanocoatings to possess bro...
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| author | Mikhail Kryuchkov Jannis Lehmann Jakob Schaab Manfred Fiebig Vladimir L. Katanaev |
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| description | Abstract Moth-eye nanostructures, discovered to coat corneae of certain nocturnal insects, have inspired numerous technological applications to reduce light reflectance from solar cells, light-emitting diodes, and optical detectors. Technological developments require such nanocoatings to possess broadband antireflective properties, transcending the visual light spectrum, in which animals typically operate. Here we describe the corneal nanostructures of the visual organ exclusive in UV sensation of the hunting insect Libelloides macaronius and report their supreme anti-light-reflectance capacity. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-345128dc579f4a399e526492f3277b322022-12-22T03:59:09ZengBMCJournal of Nanobiotechnology1477-31552017-07-011511310.1186/s12951-017-0287-0Antireflective nanocoatings for UV-sensation: the case of predatory owlfly insectsMikhail Kryuchkov0Jannis Lehmann1Jakob Schaab2Manfred Fiebig3Vladimir L. Katanaev4Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of LausanneDepartment of Materials, ETH ZurichDepartment of Materials, ETH ZurichDepartment of Materials, ETH ZurichDepartment of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of LausanneAbstract Moth-eye nanostructures, discovered to coat corneae of certain nocturnal insects, have inspired numerous technological applications to reduce light reflectance from solar cells, light-emitting diodes, and optical detectors. Technological developments require such nanocoatings to possess broadband antireflective properties, transcending the visual light spectrum, in which animals typically operate. Here we describe the corneal nanostructures of the visual organ exclusive in UV sensation of the hunting insect Libelloides macaronius and report their supreme anti-light-reflectance capacity.http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12951-017-0287-0 |
| spellingShingle | Mikhail Kryuchkov Jannis Lehmann Jakob Schaab Manfred Fiebig Vladimir L. Katanaev Antireflective nanocoatings for UV-sensation: the case of predatory owlfly insects Journal of Nanobiotechnology |
| title | Antireflective nanocoatings for UV-sensation: the case of predatory owlfly insects |
| title_full | Antireflective nanocoatings for UV-sensation: the case of predatory owlfly insects |
| title_fullStr | Antireflective nanocoatings for UV-sensation: the case of predatory owlfly insects |
| title_full_unstemmed | Antireflective nanocoatings for UV-sensation: the case of predatory owlfly insects |
| title_short | Antireflective nanocoatings for UV-sensation: the case of predatory owlfly insects |
| title_sort | antireflective nanocoatings for uv sensation the case of predatory owlfly insects |
| url | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12951-017-0287-0 |
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