Ultra-antireflective synthetic brochosomes

Shikuan Yang; Nan Sun; Birgitt Boschitsch Stogin; Jing Wang; Yu Huang; Tak-Sing Wong

doi:10.1038/s41467-017-01404-8

Nature Communications (Nov 2017)

Ultra-antireflective synthetic brochosomes

Shikuan Yang,
Nan Sun,
Birgitt Boschitsch Stogin,
Jing Wang,
Yu Huang,
Tak-Sing Wong

Affiliations

Shikuan Yang: Department of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University
Nan Sun: Department of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University
Birgitt Boschitsch Stogin: Department of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University
Jing Wang: Department of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University
Yu Huang: Department of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University
Tak-Sing Wong: Department of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-01404-8
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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New examples of natural antireflective coatings are rare. Here, Yang et al. report the fabrication and optical characterization of a biologically inspired antireflective surface that emulates the surface architecture of the leafhopper-produced brochosomes with antireflective performance from 250 to 2000 nm.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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