Cicada wings inspire antireflective surfaces
Wednesday, October 12, 2016 - 09:52
in Physics & Chemistry
A team of 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. The antireflective structures they produced are capable of suppressing visible light -- 450 to 750 nanometers -- at different angles of incidence.