Simulation and analysis of prismatic bioinspired compound lenses for solar cells: II. Multifrequency analysis

Bioinspiration and Biomimetics

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Chiadini, Francesco ^a   Fiumara, Vincenzo ^b   Scaglione, Antonio ^a   Lakhtakia, Akhlesh ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASILICATA   (Italy)

^c The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMIMETIC MATERIAL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPOUND EYE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FLY; INSTRUMENTATION; LENS; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; POWER SUPPLY; REFRACTOMETRY; SOLAR ENERGY;

ANIMALS; BIOMIMETIC MATERIALS; COMPOUND EYE, ARTHROPOD; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; DIPTERA; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; LENSES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; REFRACTOMETRY; SOLAR ENERGY;

EID: 79952463200     PISSN: 17483182     EISSN: 17483190     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-3182/6/1/014002     Document Type: Article

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