Bioinspired engineering of honeycomb structure–Using nature to inspire human innovation

Q Zhang, X Yang, P Li, G Huang, S Feng… - Progress in Materials …, 2015 - Elsevier
Honeycomb structures, inspired from bee honeycombs, had found widespread applications
in various fields, including architecture, transportation, mechanical engineering, chemical …

Bioinspired wetting surface via laser microfabrication

F Chen, D Zhang, Q Yang, J Yong, G Du… - … applied materials & …, 2013 - ACS Publications
Bioinspired special wettibilities including superhydrophobicity and tunable adhesive force
have drawn considerable attention because of their significant potential for fundamental …

Biomimetic apposition compound eye fabricated using microfluidic-assisted 3D printing

B Dai, L Zhang, C Zhao, H Bachman, R Becker… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
After half a billion years of evolution, arthropods have developed sophisticated compound
eyes with extraordinary visual capabilities that have inspired the development of artificial …

A review of femtosecond‐laser‐induced underwater superoleophobic surfaces

J Yong, F Chen, Q Yang, Z Jiang… - Advanced Materials …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Underwater superoleophobic surfaces have attracted increasing interest because of their
remarkable antioil ability and wide range of promising applications. In the meantime …

Review of state-of-the-art artificial compound eye imaging systems

Y Cheng, J Cao, Y Zhang, Q Hao - Bioinspiration & biomimetics, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
The natural compound eye has received much attention in recent years due to its
remarkable properties, such as its large field of view (FOV), compact structure, and high …

Bioinspired fabrication of high‐quality 3D artificial compound eyes by voxel‐modulation femtosecond laser writing for distortion‐free wide‐field‐of‐view imaging

D Wu, JN Wang, LG Niu, XL Zhang… - Advanced Optical …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
The small field‐of‐view (FOV) limits the range of vision in various detecting/imaging devices
from biological microscopes to commercial cameras and military radar. To date, imaging …

Dragonfly‐eye‐inspired artificial compound eyes with sophisticated imaging

Z Deng, F Chen, Q Yang, H Bian, G Du… - Advanced Functional …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
The natural compound eye is a striking imaging device with a wealth of fascinating optical
features such as a wide field of view (FOV), low aberration, and high sensitivity. Dragonflies …

Rapid fabrication of large-area concave microlens arrays on PDMS by a femtosecond laser

J Yong, F Chen, Q Yang, G Du, H Bian… - … Applied Materials & …, 2013 - ACS Publications
A fast and single-step process is developed for the fabrication of low-cost, high-quality, and
large-area concave microlens arrays (MLAs) by the high-speed line-scanning of …

[HTML][HTML] Direct fabrication of compound-eye microlens array on curved surfaces by a facile femtosecond laser enhanced wet etching process

H Bian, Y Wei, Q Yang, F Chen, F Zhang, G Du… - Applied Physics …, 2016 - pubs.aip.org
We report a direct fabrication of an omnidirectional negative microlens array on a curved
substrate by a femtosecond laser enhanced chemical etching process, which is utilized as a …

Chalcogenide glass IR artificial compound eyes based on femtosecond laser microfabrication

S Wang, F Zhang, Q Yang, M Li… - Advanced Materials …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The compact and lightweight infrared (IR) optics devices are highly demanded in booming
applications. However, fabrication of IR optics devices with high efficiency is still technically …