Broadband and crack-free antireflection coatings by self-assembled moth eye patterns

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 5827-5834

  Galeotti, Francesco ^a   Trespidi, Franco ^b   Timò, Gianluca ^b   Pasini, Mariacecilia ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b Strada Torre della Razza   (Italy)

Author keywords

antireflection; breath figures; moth eye; nanofabrication; nanostructures; PDMS

Indexed keywords

CRACKS; GLASS; MICROCHANNELS; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY;

ANTI-REFLECTION; BREATH FIGURES; ELASTOMERIC FILMS; GRADED REFRACTIVE INDICES; MOTH EYE; PDMS; RANDOMLY DISTRIBUTED; TRANSMISSION ENHANCEMENT;

ANTIREFLECTION COATINGS;

NANOMATERIAL; POLYMER;

ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; EYE; MATERIALS TESTING; MOTH; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; REFRACTOMETRY; SURFACE PROPERTY; SYNTHESIS;

ANIMALS; EYE; MATERIALS TESTING; MOTHS; NANOSTRUCTURES; OPTICAL DEVICES; POLYMERS; REFRACTOMETRY; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 84899568951     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am500687f     Document Type: Article

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