Modern gas monitoring scenarios for medical diagnostics, environmental surveillance,
industrial safety, and other applications demand new sensing capabilities. This Review …

The surprising properties of biomaterials are the results of billions of years of evolution.
Generally, biomaterials are assembled under mild conditions with very limited supply of …

The glasswing butterfly (Greta oto) has, as its name suggests, transparent wings with
remarkable low haze and reflectance over the whole visible spectral range even for large …

Structural coloration has attracted great interest from scientists and engineers in recent
years, owing to fascination with various brilliant examples displayed in nature as well as to …

The wings of the black butterfly, Pachliopta aristolochiae, are covered by micro-and
nanostructured scales that harvest sunlight over a wide spectral and angular range …

Morpho butterfly, famous for its iridescence wing scales, has gradually evolved a diversity of
functions and has attracted much attention recently. On the other hand, it is known that the …

Light influences most ecosystems on earth, from sun-dappled forests to bioluminescent
creatures in the ocean deep. Biologists have long studied nano-and micro-scale organismal …

For detection of gases and vapors in complex backgrounds,“classic” analytical instruments
are an unavoidable alternative to existing sensors. Recently a new generation of sensors …

While surface microstructures of butterfly wings have been extensively studied for their
structural coloration or optical properties within the visible spectrum, their properties in …

Inspired by butterflies an advanced detection and sensing system is developed. The
hierarchical nanoarchitecture of Morpho butterfly wings is shown to facilitate the selective …