Lessons from nature: biomimetic subwavelength structures for high-performance optics

Biomimetic Antireflective Hierarchical Arrays

(2011) Hongbo Xu et al.   LANGMUIR

Patterning Colloidal Crystals and Nanostructure Arrays by Soft Lithography

(2010) Junhu Zhang et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Latex-Templated Silica Films: Tailoring Porosity to Get a Stable Low-Refractive Index

(2010) F. Guillemot et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Hydrophobic, Antireflective, Self-Cleaning, and Antifogging Sol−Gel Coatings: An Example of Multifunctional Nanostructured Materials for Photovoltaic Cells

(2010) Marco Faustini et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Plasma processes for modifying optical properties of polymers

(2010) U. Schulz U. Schulz et al.   Chinese Optics Letters

Tunable, Flexible Antireflection Layer of ZnO Nanowires Embedded in PDMS

(2010) Min Kyu Kim et al.   LANGMUIR

Bioinspired Silica Surfaces with Near-Infrared Improved Transmittance and Superhydrophobicity by Colloidal Lithography

(2010) Yunfeng Li et al.   LANGMUIR

Photonic nanoarchitectures in butterflies and beetles: valuable sources for bioinspiration

(2010) L.P. Biró et al.   Laser & Photonics Reviews

Anti-reflecting and photonic nanostructures

(2010) S. Chattopadhyay et al.   MATERIALS SCIENCE & ENGINEERING R-REPORTS

Fabrication of micro-lens arrays with moth-eye antireflective nanostructures using thermal imprinting process

(2010) Sang Soon Oh et al.   MICROELECTRONIC ENGINEERING

Antireflective surfaces based on biomimetic nanopillared arrays

(2010) Yunfeng Li et al.   Nano Today

An Antireflective Nanostructure Array Fabricated by Nanosilver Colloidal Lithography on a Silicon Substrate

(2010) Seong-Je Park et al.   Nanoscale Research Letters

Tailored antireflective biomimetic nanostructures for UV applications

(2010) Christoph Morhard et al.   NANOTECHNOLOGY

Moth-eye-structured light-emitting diodes

(2010) J. Rao et al.   OPTICS COMMUNICATIONS

Simulating different manufactured antireflective sub-wavelength structures considering the influence of local topographic variations

(2010) Dennis Lehr et al.   OPTICS EXPRESS

Optimization of anti-reflection moth-eye structures for use in crystalline silicon solar cells

(2010) Noboru Yamada et al.   PROGRESS IN PHOTOVOLTAICS

Efficiency Enhancement of GaAs Photovoltaics Employing Antireflective Indium Tin Oxide Nanocolumns

(2009) Peichen Yu et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

A facile layer-by-layer deposition process for the fabrication of highly transparent superhydrophobic coatings

(2009) Yang Li et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Langmuir−Blodgett Monolayer Masked Chemical Etching: An Approach to Broadband Antireflective Surfaces

(2009) Juanyuan Hao et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Simple Approach to Wafer-Scale Self-Cleaning Antireflective Silicon Surfaces

(2009) Dianpeng Qi et al.   LANGMUIR

Morphology and Wettability Control of Silicon Cone Arrays Using Colloidal Lithography

(2009) Xuemin Zhang et al.   LANGMUIR

Fabrication of moth-eye structure on p-GaN layer of GaN-based LEDs for improvement of light extraction

(2009) Eun-Ju Hong et al.   Materials Science and Engineering B-Advanced Functional Solid-State Materials

Wideband antireflection coatings by combining interference multilayers with structured top layers

(2009) U. Schulz   OPTICS EXPRESS

Bioinspired Self-Cleaning Antireflection Coatings

(2008) Wei-Lun Min et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Broadband moth-eye antireflection coatings on silicon

(2008) Chih-Hung Sun et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Tunable reflection minima of nanostructured antireflective surfaces

(2008) S. A. Boden et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Nanostructured multilayer graded-index antireflection coating for Si solar cells with broadband and omnidirectional characteristics

(2008) Sameer Chhajed et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Bioinspired broadband antireflection coatings on GaSb

(2008) Wei-Lun Min et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Analysis of the influence of the passive facet of blazed transmission gratings in the intermediate diffraction regime

(2008) Oliver Sandfuchs et al.   JOURNAL OF THE OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA A-OPTICS IMAGE SCIENCE AND VISION

Realization of sinusoidal transmittance with subwavelength metallic structures

(2008) G. Vincent et al.   JOURNAL OF THE OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA B-OPTICAL PHYSICS

Biomimetic Interfaces for High-Performance Optics in the Deep-UV Light Range

(2008) Theobald Lohmüller et al.   NANO LETTERS

ZnO Nanostructures as Efficient Antireflection Layers in Solar Cells

(2008) Yun-Ju Lee et al.   NANO LETTERS

Large-scale assembly of colloidal nanoparticles and fabrication of periodic subwavelength structures

(2008) Wei-Lun Min et al.   NANOTECHNOLOGY

Microspectrometer based on holographically recorded diffractive elements using supplementary holograms

(2008) Robert Brunner et al.   OPTICS EXPRESS

Biomimetic subwavelength antireflective gratings on GaAs

(2008) Chih-Hung Sun et al.   OPTICS LETTERS

Biomimetic Antireflective Si Nanopillar Arrays

(2008) Hongbo Xu et al.   Small

Fabrication of nanoporous antireflection surfaces on silicon

(2008) Mao-Jung Huang et al.   SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS AND SOLAR CELLS