Development of next generation photocatalysts has consistently learnt from natural nanostructures evolution for their fabrication and application in persistent organic pollutants (POPs) elimination. Herein, we synthesized blue-colored oxygen vacant Bi2WO6-x...
As one of the most fascinating phenomena, structural whiteness in natural organisms serves important functions in thermoregulation and mating. However, the architectures that cause visible broadband reflection are often in quasiordered distributions, which hinders systematic research on their color formation mechanisms. Here, through numerical analysis, the architectures in Morpho theseus scales are shown to be distributed in various tubular morphologies between tubular and gyroid structures. Then, the mechanism of structural white is discussed using the numerical model built with the combination of a periodic numerical framework and random elements. Thermodynamic experiments indicate that the white scales can efficiently help reduce the temperature of butterfly wings under a direct light beam. Our work provides a concise method for analyzing quasiordered structures. The methodology developed by this numerical model can facilitate a deep understanding of the performance improvement facilitated by these structural characteristics. Corresponding solutions can guide the design of nano-optical materials to achieve an efficient cooling, camouflage, and photothermal conversion system.
As one of the most fascinating phenomena, structural whiteness in natural organisms serves as important functions in thermoregulation and mating. However, the architectures that cause the visible broadband reflection are often in quasi-disordered distribution, which hinders the systematic research of the color formation mechanism. Here, through numerical analysis, architectures in Morpho theseus scales are distributed in various tubular morphologies between tubular and gyroid structure. Then the mechanism of the structural white is discussed using the numerical model built with the combination of periodic numerical framework and random elements. Thermodynamic experiments indicate that the white scales can efficiently help reducing the temperature of butterfly wings under direct light beam. Our work provides a concise method to analyze the quasi-ordered structures. The methodology developed by this numerical model can facilitate deep understanding of performance improvement brought by these structural characteristics. Corresponding solutions can guide the design of nano-optical materials to achieve the efficient cooling, camouflage, and photothermal conversion system.
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