Imprinted and injection-molded nano-structured optical surfaces

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 8818, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Christiansen, Alexander B ^a   Højlund Nielsen, Emil ^a   Clausen, Jeppe ^a   Caringal, Gideon P ^a   Mortensen, N Asger ^a   Kristensen, Anders ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

anti reflective coatings; diffraction gratings; polymer replication; Structural Color

Indexed keywords

ANTI REFLECTIVE COATINGS; ANTIREFLECTIVE STRUCTURE; BIO-MIMETIC RESEARCH; FRESNEL REFLECTIONS; NANOSTRUCTURE SURFACE; NANOSTRUCTURED POLYMERS; POLYMER REPLICATION; STRUCTURAL COLOR;

COLOR; DIFFRACTION; INJECTION MOLDING; NANOSTRUCTURES; POLYMERS; REFLECTION; THIN FILMS;

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS;

EID: 84896807961     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: 1996756X     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.2025133     Document Type: Conference Paper

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