Replication of biotemplates for the development of highly efficient biomimetic optical metamaterials and devices

Raúl J. Martín-Palma; Akhlesh Lakhtakia; Carlo G. Pantano

doi:10.1117/12.808112

23 February 2009 Replication of biotemplates for the development of highly efficient biomimetic optical metamaterials and devices

Raúl J. Martín-Palma, Akhlesh Lakhtakia, Carlo G. Pantano

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Proceedings Volume 7205, Advanced Fabrication Technologies for Micro/Nano Optics and Photonics II; 720507 (2009) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.808112
Event: SPIE MOEMS-MEMS: Micro- and Nanofabrication, 2009, San Jose, California, United States

Abstract

Biomimetics involves the implementation of ideas and concepts from nature in different technoscientific fields. Aiming at the further development of biomimetic optical metamaterials and devices, we devised the conformal-evaporated-filmby- rotation (CEFR) technique to fabricate inorganic replicas of biotemplates with high reliability and fidelity at the micro- and nano-scales. Some potential applications include high-sensitivity chemical sensors and biosensors, textured coatings for solar cells and other energy-harvesting structures, environmental sensors, high-speed motion detectors, surveillance systems, cameras for image-guided surgeries, as well as for many clinical treatments that can be controlled by implanted light-delivery devices. Moreover, we demonstrated the successful conformal coating of the external surface of a MEMS comb resonator by the CEFR technique, thereby extending application to microelectronics.

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Raúl J. Martín-Palma, Akhlesh Lakhtakia, and Carlo G. Pantano "Replication of biotemplates for the development of highly efficient biomimetic optical metamaterials and devices", Proc. SPIE 7205, Advanced Fabrication Technologies for Micro/Nano Optics and Photonics II, 720507 (23 February 2009); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.808112

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