Evolution of natural eyes and biomimetic imaging devices for effective image acquisition

MS Kim, JE Yeo, H Choi, S Chang, DH Kim… - Journal of Materials …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
In the natural evolutionary process, biological creatures have developed diverse visual
structures apt for their habitational environments. These natural vision structures have …

Mirrors for space telescopes: Degradation issues

D Garoli, LV Rodriguez De Marcos, JI Larruquert… - Applied Sciences, 2020 - mdpi.com
Mirrors are a subset of optical components essential for the success of current and future
space missions. Most of the telescopes for space programs ranging from earth observation …

Perovskite microcells fabricated using swelling-induced crack propagation for colored solar windows

W Lee, YJ Yoo, J Park, JH Ko, YJ Kim, H Yun… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Perovskite microcells have a great potential to be applied to diverse types of optoelectronic
devices including light-emitting diodes, photodetectors, and solar cells. Although several …

Texturing of polydimethylsiloxane surface for anti-reflective films with super-hydrophobicity in solar cell application

H Lee, A Yi, JG Choi, DH Ko, HJ Kim - Applied Surface Science, 2022 - Elsevier
This study utilized a Cu metal assisted chemical etching (MACE) method to produce an anti-
reflection texture on poly dimethyl siloxane (PDMS). We measured the diffuse and total …

Bioinspired antireflective flexible films with optimized mechanical resistance fabricated by roll to roll thermal nanoimprint

A Jacobo-Martín, M Rueda, JJ Hernández… - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
This work describes the fabrication process of moth eye antireflective poly (methyl
methacrylate) transparent films via roll to roll thermal nanoimprint lithography. The process …

Recent Progresses on Transparent Electrodes and Active Layers Toward Neutral, Color Semitransparent Perovskite Solar Cells

H Guo, F Hou, X Ren, X Ning, Y Wang, H Yang… - Solar …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Semitransparent perovskite solar cells (ST‐PSCs) are highly promising for application in
building‐integrating photovoltaics (BIPVs) due to their potential in tunable transparency and …

Resonant Anti-Reflection Metasurfaces for Infrared Transmission Optics

J Brewer, S Kulkarni, AP Raman - Nano Letters, 2023 - ACS Publications
A fundamental capability needed for any transmissive optical component is anti-reflection,
yet this capability can be challenging to achieve in a cost-effective manner over longer …

Fabrication of an anti-reflective microstructure on ZnS by femtosecond laser bessel beams

X Li, M Li, H Liu, Y Guo - Molecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
As an important mid-infrared to far-infrared optical window, ZnS is extremely important to
improve spectral transmission performance, especially in the military field. However, on …

Resilient moth-eye nanoimprinted antireflective and self-cleaning TiO2 sputter-coated PMMA films

A Jacobo-Martin, JJ Hernandez, E Solano… - Applied Surface …, 2022 - Elsevier
Moth-eye nanostructures are amongst the most remarkable surfaces in nature because of
their multi-functionality including antireflection, self-cleaning and bactericidal ability. Moth …

Lithography-free, large-area spatially segmented disordered structure for light harvesting in photovoltaic modules

JH Ko, SH Kim, MS Kim, SY Heo, YJ Yoo… - … Applied Materials & …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Optical losses in photovoltaic (PV) systems cause nonradiative recombination or incomplete
absorption of incident light, hindering the attainment of high energy conversion efficiency …