Nanostructured biomimetic moth-eye arrays in silicon by nanoimprint lithography

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7401, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Boden, Stuart A ^a   Bagnall, Darren M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antireflection; Biomimetic; Moth eye; Nanoimprint lithography; Silicon; Solar cells; Texturing

Indexed keywords

ANTI REFLECTIVE COATINGS; ANTIREFLECTION; ANTIREFLECTIVE; MOTH-EYE; NANO-STRUCTURED; REFLECTANCE MEASUREMENTS; SINGLE LAYER; SUB-WAVELENGTH;

BIOMIMETICS; CELL MEMBRANES; COATINGS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; PLASMA ETCHING; SOLAR CELLS; TEXTURING;

NANOIMPRINT LITHOGRAPHY;

EID: 70350139709     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.826201     Document Type: Conference Paper

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