Tunable Omnidirectional Antireflection Coatings Inspired by Inclined Irregular Nanostructures on Transparent Blue-Tailed Forest Hawk Dragonfly Wings

Randomly arranged inclined irregular nanostructure-covered blue-tailed forest hawk dragonfly wings are highly transparent for wide viewing angles. Inspired by the dragonfly wings, monolayer silica colloids are self-assembled on shape memory polymer-coated substrates and utilized as plasma etching masks to pattern disorderly arranged inclined irregular conical structures. The structures build gradual refractive index transitions at various angles of incidences, resulting in omnidirectional antireflection performance over the whole visible wavelength region. In comparison with a bare substrate, the optimized structure-covered substrate presents 10% higher optical transmission at 0° and even 41% higher optical transmission at an angle of incidence of 75°. Importantly, by manipulating the structural configuration of the shape memory polymer-based structures, the corresponding antireflection characteristics can be instantaneously and reversibly eliminated and recovered after drying out of common household liquids or applying contact pressures in ambient environments. The tunable omnidirectional antireflection coatings are prospective candidates for realizing optical modulation, which exhibits an enormous application value in smart windows, intelligent display screens, optical components, and novel optoelectronic devices.

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2021

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2021

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:37

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Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids - 37(2021), 31 vom: 10. Aug., Seite 9490-9503

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Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Chen, Yu-Han [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Huei-Yin [VerfasserIn]
Lai, Chung-Jui [VerfasserIn]
Hsu, Jung-Hsuan [VerfasserIn]
Lin, Kun-Yi Andrew [VerfasserIn]
Yang, Hongta [VerfasserIn]

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Date Revised 10.08.2021

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

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10.1021/acs.langmuir.1c01341

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NLM328785296