title: A High-Transmission, Multiple Antireflective Surface Inspired from Bilayer 3D Ultrafine Hierarchical Structures in Butterfly Wing Scales.
abstract: A high-transmission, multiple antireflective surface inspired by bilayer 3D ultrafine hierarchical structures in butterfly wing scales is fabricated on a glass substrate using wet chemical biomimetic fabrication. Interestingly, the biomimetic antireflective surface exhibits excellent antireflective properties and high transmission, which provides better characteristics than the butterfly wings and can significantly reduce reflection without losing transparency. These findings offer a new path for generating nanostructured antireflectors with high transmission properties.
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Bionic Engineering, (Ministry of Education), Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin, 130022, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Zhiwu
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Han
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Bionic Engineering, (Ministry of Education), Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin, 130022, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Zhengzhi
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Mu
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Bionic Engineering, (Ministry of Education), Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin, 130022, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Bo
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Bionic Engineering, (Ministry of Education), Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin, 130022, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Shichao
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Niu
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Bionic Engineering, (Ministry of Education), Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin, 130022, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Junqiu
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Bionic Engineering, (Ministry of Education), Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin, 130022, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Luquan
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ren
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002080:Butterflies / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D008297:Male; D055620:Optical Phenomena; D013052:Spectrometry, X-Ray Emission; D013499:Surface Properties; D014921:Wings, Animal / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000648:ultrastructure
keywords: antireflective surfaces; bilayer hierarchical structures; biomimetic fabrication; sol-gels; tetraethyl orthosilicates