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9.5 Conclusions and Perspectives
In. the. ield. of. biomimetics,. nanotechnology. is. beginning. to. play. a. very. signiicant. role,.
as. scientists. have. been. able. to. discover. biological. nanostructures. and. replicate. their.
structures.by.various.nanofabrication.methods..From.the.irst.observations.of.biological.
photonic. structures. by. Lord. Rayleigh,. to. the. implementation. of. Morpho -inspired. IMOD.
technology,.the.applications.of.nanobiology.demonstrate.that.it.is.one.of.the.most.power-
ful,. most. interesting,. and. fastest-growing. ields. of. our. time.. As. you. can. see,. the. appli-
cations. of. the. Morpho . butterly-inspired. nanostructures. are. numerous. and. possibilities.
exist. in. a. variety. of. ields,. ranging. from. photonic. sensors. for. detection. of. chemicals/
biomolecules/temperature. changes. and. thermal. imaging. to. low. energy. electric. display.
technology,.to.solar.panels.for.eficient.energy.conversion,.to.photonic.crystal.structures.
for. diverse. applications.. Butterly-inspired. nanotechnology. will. continue. to. grow. with.
advancements.in.nanotechnology.that.will.provide.much.simpler,.less.expensive.nanofab-
rication.processes.and.enable.more.functional.materials.to.be.used.for.faithfully.replicat-
ing.the.hierarchical.structure.and.optical.properties.of.wing.scales..These.nanofabrication.
processes.and.nanomaterials.will.also.be.applicable.for.mimicking.other.structural.color.
phenomena,.allowing.the.development.and.integration.of.diverse.photonic.structures.into.
functional.devices.
Acknowledgments
Yubing.Xie.is.supported.by.National.Science.Foundation.(NSF).CBET.0846270.
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