Moth Eyes and Anti-Reflective Coatings
In short: Nocturnal moths use microscopic nanopillars to prevent light reflection, a biological design now used to improve solar cells and OLED technology.
A 1:38 short film in the series “Nature Invented It First”, narrated by intellect_voice_01.
Sources used in this film: National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI), “A Comparative Study of Crystallography and Defect Structure of Corneal Nipple Array in Daphnis nerii Moth and Papilio polytes Butterfly Eye”; Springer, “Biomimetic Moth-eye Anti-reflective Poly-(methyl methacrylate) Nanostructural Coating - Journal of Bionic Engineering”; Nature, “Biomimetic Moth-eye Nanofabrication: Enhanced Antireflection with Superior Self-cleaning Characteristic - Scientific Reports”; Tokyo University of Science, “Nature-Inspired Design: Mimicking Moth Eyes to Produce Transparent Anti-Reflective Coatings | Tokyo University of Science”; Springer, “Fabrication of tunable Large-Area Moth-Eye nanostructures for antireflection and hydrophobicity via anodic aluminum oxide templates and nanoimprint lithography”; Nature Scientific Reports, “Bioinspired antireflective flexible films with optimized mechanical resistance fabricated by roll to roll thermal nanoimprint”; Springer, “Mass production of moth-eye structured films and fabrication of micro–nano hybrid structures using moth-eye patterns”; National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI), “Light Manipulation for Organic Optoelectronics Using Bio-inspired Moth's Eye Nanostructures”.
Sources used in this film
- National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) — A Comparative Study of Crystallography and Defect Structure of Corneal Nipple Array in Daphnis nerii Moth and Papilio polytes Butterfly Eye · View →
- Springer — Biomimetic Moth-eye Anti-reflective Poly-(methyl methacrylate) Nanostructural Coating - Journal of Bionic Engineering · View →
- Nature — Biomimetic Moth-eye Nanofabrication: Enhanced Antireflection with Superior Self-cleaning Characteristic - Scientific Reports · View →
- Tokyo University of Science — Nature-Inspired Design: Mimicking Moth Eyes to Produce Transparent Anti-Reflective Coatings | Tokyo University of Science · View →
- Springer — Fabrication of tunable Large-Area Moth-Eye nanostructures for antireflection and hydrophobicity via anodic aluminum oxide templates and nanoimprint lithography · View →
- Nature Scientific Reports — Bioinspired antireflective flexible films with optimized mechanical resistance fabricated by roll to roll thermal nanoimprint · View →
- Springer — Mass production of moth-eye structured films and fabrication of micro–nano hybrid structures using moth-eye patterns · View →
- National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) — Light Manipulation for Organic Optoelectronics Using Bio-inspired Moth's Eye Nanostructures · View →
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Sources
- Summary by Intellect · source: National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI): A Comparative Study of Crystallography and Defect Structure of Corneal Nipple Array in Daphnis nerii Moth and Papilio polytes Butterfly Eye
- Also: Springer: Biomimetic Moth-eye Anti-reflective Poly-(methyl methacrylate) Nanostructural Coating - Journal of Bionic Engineering
- Also: Nature: Biomimetic Moth-eye Nanofabrication: Enhanced Antireflection with Superior Self-cleaning Characteristic - Scientific Reports
- Also: Tokyo University of Science: Nature-Inspired Design: Mimicking Moth Eyes to Produce Transparent Anti-Reflective Coatings | Tokyo University of Science
- Also: Springer: Fabrication of tunable Large-Area Moth-Eye nanostructures for antireflection and hydrophobicity via anodic aluminum oxide templates and nanoimprint lithography
- Also: Nature Scientific Reports: Bioinspired antireflective flexible films with optimized mechanical resistance fabricated by roll to roll thermal nanoimprint
- Also: Springer: Mass production of moth-eye structured films and fabrication of micro–nano hybrid structures using moth-eye patterns
- Also: National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI): Light Manipulation for Organic Optoelectronics Using Bio-inspired Moth's Eye Nanostructures
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