New insights and perspectives into biological materials for flexible electronics

L Wang, D Chen, K Jiang, G Shen - Chemical Society Reviews, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Biological materials have robust hierarchical structures capable of specialized functions and
the incorporation of natural biologically active components, which have been finely tuned …

Nano/micro‐manufacturing of bioinspired materials: a review of methods to mimic natural structures

C Zhang, DA Mcadams, JC Grunlan - Advanced Materials, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Through billions of years of evolution and natural selection, biological systems have
developed strategies to achieve advantageous unification between structure and bulk …

Breath figure: a nature-inspired preparation method for ordered porous films

A Zhang, H Bai, L Li - Chemical reviews, 2015 - ACS Publications
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Recent advances in antireflective surfaces based on nanostructure arrays

J Cai, L Qi - Materials Horizons, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Reducing the reflection and improving the transmission or absorption of light from wide
angles of incidence in a broad wavelength range are crucial for enhancing the performance …

Anti-reflective coating materials: A holistic review from PV perspective

N Shanmugam, R Pugazhendhi… - Energies, 2020 - mdpi.com
The solar photovoltaic (PV) cell is a prominent energy harvesting device that reduces the
strain in the conventional energy generation approach and endorses the prospectiveness of …

Recent progress in non-photolithographic patterning of polymer thin films

M Qiu, W Du, S Zhou, P Cai, Y Luo, X Wang… - Progress in Polymer …, 2023 - Elsevier
Patterned polymer thin films are essential components in many devices and applications
owing to the multi-functionality, flexibility, lightweight and cost-efficiency. Unfortunately …

Ascendant bioinspired antireflective materials: Opportunities and challenges coexist

Z Han, Z Jiao, S Niu, L Ren - Progress in Materials Science, 2019 - Elsevier
In the past decades, antireflective (AR) materials have drawn more and more attention
owing to its promising and wide applications such as photovoltaic industry, optical devices …

[HTML][HTML] Pattern detection in colloidal assembly: A mosaic of analysis techniques

V Lotito, T Zambelli - Advances in colloid and interface science, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Characterization of the morphology, identification of patterns and quantification of
order encountered in colloidal assemblies is essential for several reasons. First of all, it is …

Moth-eye-inspired biophotonic surfaces with antireflective and hydrophobic characteristics

WK Kuo, JJ Hsu, CK Nien, HH Yu - ACS applied materials & …, 2016 - ACS Publications
In nature, in order to prevent attention from predators, the eyes of night-flying moths have
evolutionarily developed an antireflective ability. The surfaces of their eyes are covered with …

Antireflective coatings for glass and transparent polymers

P Buskens, M Burghoorn, MCD Mourad, Z Vroon - Langmuir, 2016 - ACS Publications
Antireflective coatings (ARCs) are applied to reduce surface reflections. We review coatings
that reduce the reflection of the surface of the transparent substrates float glass …