Tunable and responsive photonic bio‐inspired materials and their applications

J Jeon, D Bukharina, M Kim, S Kang, J Kim… - Responsive …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Bio‐enabled and bio‐mimetic nanomaterials represent functional materials, which use bio‐
derived materials and synthetic components to bring the better of two, natural and synthetic …

Bio-optics and bio-inspired optical materials

S Tadepalli, JM Slocik, MK Gupta, RR Naik… - Chemical …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Through the use of the limited materials palette, optimally designed micro-and
nanostructures, and tightly regulated processes, nature demonstrates exquisite control of …

Optical functional materials inspired by biology

L Wu, J He, W Shang, T Deng, J Gu… - Advanced Optical …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
The natural world exhibits numerous examples of efficient optical designs with novel
hierarchical microstructures and specialized functionality after millions of years of evolution …

Biomimetic optical materials: Integration of nature's design for manipulation of light

K Yu, T Fan, S Lou, D Zhang - Progress in Materials Science, 2013 - Elsevier
Nature provides us with a multitude of design solutions finely tuned by natural selection.
Biomimetic, taking the shortcut of “Learning from Nature”, transfers optimum designs in …

Functional photonic structures for external interaction with flexible/wearable devices

YJ Yoo, SY Heo, YJ Kim, JH Ko, ZF Mira, YM Song - Nano Research, 2021 - Springer
In addition to vital functions, more subsidiary functions are being expected from wearable
devices. The wearable technology thus far has achieved the ability to maintain homeostasis …

Photonics in nature and bioinspired designs: sustainable approaches for a colourful world

R Vaz, MF Frasco, MGF Sales - Nanoscale Advances, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Biological systems possess nanoarchitectures that have evolved for specific purposes and
whose ability to modulate the flow of light creates an extraordinary diversity of natural …

Bio‐inspired photonic materials: prototypes and structural effect designs for applications in solar energy manipulation

H Zhou, J Xu, X Liu, H Zhang, D Wang… - Advanced Functional …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Natural creatures have evolved elaborate photonic nanostructures on multiple scales and
dimensions in a hierarchical, organized way to realize controllable absorption, reflection, or …

Biomimetic design of photonic materials for biomedical applications

X Chen, Q Guo, W Chen, W Xie, Y Wang, M Wang… - Acta Biomaterialia, 2021 - Elsevier
Photonic crystal (PC) materials with bio-inspired structure colors have drawn increasing
attention as their potentials have been rapidly progressed in the field of biomedicine. After …

Bioinspired chiral template guided mineralization for biophotonic structural materials

R Xiong, W Wu, C Lu, H Cölfen - Advanced Materials, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Nature provides numerous biomineral design inspirations for constructing structural
materials with desired functionalities. However, large‐scale production of damage‐tolerant …

Biomimetic photonic structures with tunable structural colours: From natural to biomimetic to applications

Z Wang, Z Guo - Journal of Bionic Engineering, 2018 - Springer
Natural photonic structure with tunable structural colours is one of the most miraculous
structures which always catches our eyes. However, the application of artificial photonic …