Fabrication of free-standing replicas of fragile, laminar, chitinous biotemplates.
The conformal-evaporated-film-by-rotation technique, followed by the dissolution of chitin in an aqueous solution of orthophosphoric acid, can be used to fabricate free-standing replicas of fragile, laminar, chitinous biotemplates. This novel approach was demonstrated using butterfly wings as biotemplates and GeSeSb chalcogenide glass for replicas.
Lakhtakia
Akhlesh
A
Materials Research Institute and Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA. akhlesh@psu.edu
Martín-Palma
Raúl J
RJ
Motyka
Michael A
MA
Pantano
Carlo G
CG
D000818:Animals; D040761:Biomimetic Materials; D002080:Butterflies / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000502:physiology*; D002686:Chitin / Q000737:chemistry*; D013499:Surface Properties; D014921:Wings, Animal / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000502:physiology*
D002686:Chitin