Biomedical Engineering Reference
In-Depth Information
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Rajan Kumar, Sheila Smith, James McNeilan, Michael Keeton, Joseph Sanders,
Alexander Talamo, Christopher Bowman, and Yubing Xie
CONTENTS
9.1. Introduction......................................................................................................................... 204
9.2. Natural.Butterly.Wings.................................................................................................... 204
9.2.1. Hierarchical.Architectures.of.Butterly.Wings.................................................. 204
9.2.2. Structural.Color.Phenomena.of.Butterly.Wing................................................. 205
9.2.3. Mechanism.of.Structural.Color............................................................................ 206
9.3. Biomimetic.Butterly.Wing.Scale.Structures.................................................................. 208
9.3.1. Synthetic.Silica.Wing.by.Chemical.Vapor.Deposition...................................... 208
9.3.2. Diamond-Like.Carbon.Wing.by.Focused.Ion.
Beam.Chemical.Vapor.Deposition.with.Computer-Aided.Design................. 211
9.3.3. Phosphor.Wing.by.Solution.Casting................................................................... 211
9.3.4. Al
2
O
3
.Wing.by.Atomic.Layer.Deposition............................................................ 211
9.3.5. ZnO.Microtube.and.Single-Wing.Scale.by.Soaking.Process........................... 213
9.3.6. Glass.Wing.by.Conformal-Evaporated-Film-by-Rotation.Technique............. 213
9.3.7. SnO
2
.Wing.Structure.by.Sol-Gel.Process........................................................... 214
9.3.8. Magneto-Optic.Wing.by.Hydrothermal.Process............................................... 214
9.3.9. Photonic.Crystals.by.Ultrasonication.................................................................. 214
9.3.10. PDMS.Replica.of.Wing.Nanostructures.by.Molding.Lithography................. 215
9.3.11. Direct-Write.of.Biomimetic.Butterly.Wings...................................................... 215
9.4. Applications........................................................................................................................ 216
9.4.1. Photonic.Sensors..................................................................................................... 216
9.4.1.1. Chemical.Sensors..................................................................................... 216
9.4.1.2. Biosensors................................................................................................. 216
9.4.1.3. Thermal.Imaging.Sensors...................................................................... 217
9.4.2. Display.Technology................................................................................................ 217
9.4.3. Solar.Panels.for.Clean.Energy.............................................................................. 219
9.4.4. Other.Potential.Applications.of.Artiicial.Photonic.Crystals........................... 219
9.5. Conclusions.and.Perspectives.......................................................................................... 220
Acknowledgments....................................................................................................................... 220
References..................................................................................................................................... 220
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