Cicada wings inspire antireflective surfaces
Tuesday, October 11, 2016 - 11:32
in Physics & Chemistry
A team of Shanghai Jiao Tong University researchers has used the shape of cicada wings as a template to create antireflective structures fabricated with one of the most intriguing semiconductor materials, titanium dioxide (TiO2). The antireflective structures they produced are capable of suppressing visible light—450 to 750 nanometers—at different angles of incidence.