Preparation of bionic nanostructures from butterfly wings and their low reflectivity of ultraviolet

Han, Zhi Wu; Niu, Shichao; Li, W.; Liu, Ren

doi:10.1063/1.4809750

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“…This indicates some ecological advantages for self‐protection. Parnassius butterfly wings, living in a mountain area of high altitudes and high‐intensity UV radiation, have been discovered to have remarkable antireflectivity of UV light (reflectance < 10% in 200–340 nm) due to the combination structures of ridges and grooves with comb tooth nanostructures on the ridges walls . The study suggests a possibility for the particular optical applications such as space exploration and UV protection devices.…”

Section: Typical Optical Processesmentioning

confidence: 93%

Bio‐Inspired Photonic Materials: Prototypes and Structural Effect Designs for Applications in Solar Energy Manipulation

Zhou

Liu

et al. 2017

Adv Funct Materials

128

109

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Natural creatures have evolved elaborate photonic nanostructures on multiple scales and dimensions in a hierarchical, organized way to realize controllable absorption, reflection, or transmitting the desired wavelength of the solar spectrum. A bio-inspired strategy is a powerful and promising way for solar energy manipulation. This feature article presents the state-of-theart progress on bio-inspired photonic materials on this particular application. The article first briefly recalls the physical origins of natural photonic effects and catalogues the typical natural photonic prototypes including light harvesting, broadband reflection, selective reflection, and UV/IR response. Next, typical applications are categorized into two primary areas: solar energy utilization and reflection. Recent advances including solar-to-electricity, solar-to-fuels, solar-thermal (e.g., photothermal converters, infrared detectors, thermoelectric materials, smart windows, and solar steam generation) are highlighted in the first part. Meanwhile, solar energy reflection involving infrared stealth, radiative cooling, and micromirrors are also addressed. In particular, this article focuses on bioinspired design principles, structural effects on functions, and future trends. Finally, the main challenges and prospects for the next generation of bioinspired photonic materials are discussed, including new design concepts, emerging ideas, and possible strategies.

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Section: Typical Optical Processesmentioning

confidence: 93%

Bio‐Inspired Photonic Materials: Prototypes and Structural Effect Designs for Applications in Solar Energy Manipulation

Zhou

Liu

et al. 2017

Adv Funct Materials

128

109

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“…Animal structures, such as butterfly wings, sea‐urchin skeletons, cuttlebone, beetles, silk‐fibroin filaments, spider silk, and eggshell membranes, are more uniform and periodic compared with plant structures. For this reason, unique properties can be obtained utilizing animal structures for biomimetic synthesis ( Figure ).…”

Section: Elementary Biomimetic Synthesis Via Biomass Templatesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Biomimetic and Bioinspired Synthesis of Nanomaterials/Nanostructures

2016

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In recent years, due to its unparalleled advantages, the biomimetic and bioinspired synthesis of nanomaterials/nanostructures has drawn increasing interest and attention. Generally, biomimetic synthesis can be conducted either by mimicking the functions of natural materials/structures or by mimicking the biological processes that organisms employ to produce substances or materials. Biomimetic synthesis is therefore divided here into "functional biomimetic synthesis" and "process biomimetic synthesis". Process biomimetic synthesis is the focus of this review. First, the above two terms are defined and their relationship is discussed. Next different levels of biological processes that can be used for process biomimetic synthesis are compiled. Then the current progress of process biomimetic synthesis is systematically summarized and reviewed from the following five perspectives: i) elementary biomimetic system via biomass templates, ii) high-level biomimetic system via soft/hard-combined films, iii) intelligent biomimetic systems via liquid membranes, iv) living-organism biomimetic systems, and v) macromolecular bioinspired systems. Moreover, for these five biomimetic systems, the synthesis procedures, basic principles, and relationships are discussed, and the challenges that are encountered and directions for further development are considered.

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“…Bio-template method, as a new method of fabricating multifunctional materials with bionic morphologies and structures, has attracted more and more attention of many scholars. In previous work, we had achieved an ingenious "negative" replica of the functional surface of butterfly wing scales using bio-template method [38,46]. However, it remains a challenge to fabricate the positive replica of the light trapping surface of butterfly wing scales.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 97%

Fabrication of the replica templated from butterfly wing scales with complex light trapping structures

Han

et al. 2015

Applied Surface Science

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Preparation of bionic nanostructures from butterfly wings and their low reflectivity of ultraviolet

Cited by 24 publications

References 36 publications

Bio‐Inspired Photonic Materials: Prototypes and Structural Effect Designs for Applications in Solar Energy Manipulation

Bio‐Inspired Photonic Materials: Prototypes and Structural Effect Designs for Applications in Solar Energy Manipulation

Biomimetic and Bioinspired Synthesis of Nanomaterials/Nanostructures

Fabrication of the replica templated from butterfly wing scales with complex light trapping structures

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