Biologically inspired LED lens from cuticular nanostructures of firefly lantern

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 109, Issue 46, 2012, Pages 18674-18678

  Kim, Jae Jun ^a   Lee, Youngseop ^a   Kim, HaGon ^b   Choi, Ki Ju ^c   Kweon, Hee Seok ^c   Park, Seongchong ^d   Jeong, Ki Hun ^a  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

^b Culture and Tourism Division   (South Korea)

^c Korea Basic Science Institute (KBSI)   (South Korea)

^d Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Antireflective structures; Firefly light organ; Light emitting diode; Nanostructures on lens

Indexed keywords

DIMETICONE; NANOMATERIAL; NANOSPHERE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOLUMINESCENCE; CUTICLE; FIREFLY; ILLUMINATION; LENS; LIGHT EMITTING DIODE; LIGHT SCATTERING; MALE; NANOFABRICATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION INDEX; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SHEAR STRESS; VISCOSITY;

ANIMAL STRUCTURES; ANIMALS; BIOMIMETIC MATERIALS; EYE; FIREFLIES; LIGHT; LIGHTING;

HEXAPODA;

EID: 84869206941     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1213331109     Document Type: Article

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