TY - JOUR
T1 - Antireflective nanocoatings for UV-sensation
T2 - The case of predatory owlfly insects
AU - Kryuchkov, Mikhail
AU - Lehmann, Jannis
AU - Schaab, Jakob
AU - Fiebig, Manfred
AU - Katanaev, Vladimir L.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 The Author(s).
PY - 2017/7/14
Y1 - 2017/7/14
N2 - Moth-eye nanostructures, discovered to coat corneae of certain nocturnal insects, have inspired numerous technological applications to reduce light reflectance from solar cells, light-emitting diodes, and optical detectors. Technological developments require such nanocoatings to possess broadband antireflective properties, transcending the visual light spectrum, in which animals typically operate. Here we describe the corneal nanostructures of the visual organ exclusive in UV sensation of the hunting insect Libelloides macaronius and report their supreme anti-light-reflectance capacity.
AB - Moth-eye nanostructures, discovered to coat corneae of certain nocturnal insects, have inspired numerous technological applications to reduce light reflectance from solar cells, light-emitting diodes, and optical detectors. Technological developments require such nanocoatings to possess broadband antireflective properties, transcending the visual light spectrum, in which animals typically operate. Here we describe the corneal nanostructures of the visual organ exclusive in UV sensation of the hunting insect Libelloides macaronius and report their supreme anti-light-reflectance capacity.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85023770522&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1186/s12951-017-0287-0
DO - 10.1186/s12951-017-0287-0
M3 - Letter
C2 - 28705169
AN - SCOPUS:85023770522
SN - 1477-3155
VL - 15
JO - Journal of Nanobiotechnology
JF - Journal of Nanobiotechnology
IS - 1
M1 - 52
ER -