Progress on bioinspired, biomimetic, and bioreplication routes to harvest solar energy

RJ Martín-Palma, A Lakhtakia - Applied Physics Reviews, 2017 - pubs.aip.org
Although humans have long been imitating biological structures to serve their particular
purposes, only a few decades ago engineered biomimicry began to be considered a …

Coloration and Structure of the Wings of Chorinea sylphina Bates

N Dushkina - The Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society, 2017 - BioOne
The structure and the origin of transparency of the wings of Chorinea sylphina, a species of
glasswinged butterflies, were explored using optical microscopy, scanning electron …

Biologically inspired design for the environment

TA Lenau, A Lakhtakia - Biologically Inspired Design: A Primer, 2021 - Springer
Concern about sustainable development is mounting as the number of people on our planet
increases. In 1987 the Brundtland Commission of the United Nations [1, 2] defined …

Universally applicable fabrication technique for biomimetic nanocone arrays on flexible polymer substrates for anti-reflection functionality

Y Li, X Liu, X Li, B Zhu, M Lei… - Journal of Micro …, 2019 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
Inspired by the anti-reflection functionality of cicada wings decorated with nanocone arrays,
a facile technique to endow flexible polymer substrates of diverse chemical compositions …

Engineered Biomimicry: Solutions from the Bioworld

TA Lenau, A Lakhtakia - Biologically Inspired Design: A Primer, 2021 - Springer
Although we humans have long been envious of feats of performance displayed by a variety
of animal species [1], and we have been creative in emulating and even surpassing some of …

Bioreplication for optical applications

RJ Martín-Palma, A Lakhtakia - MRS Communications, 2018 - cambridge.org
Evolving from the oblique-angle deposition method used industrially for the deposition of
thin films, the conformal-evaporated-film-by-rotation (CEFR) technique has been …

An optical adventure in sexual deception

A Lakhtakia - Fundamental and Applied Nano-Electromagnetics, 2016 - Springer
Bioreplication, the direct replication of a biological structure to copy at least one of its
functionalities, is a newly emerging concept within the ambit of engineered biomimicry. An …

[PDF][PDF] Academic background

B Ren - 2021 - beg.utexas.edu
Bo Ren Professional Summary July 4, 2021 Business address: The University of Texas at
Austin Bureau of Economic Geology (B Page 1 1/10 Bo Ren Professional Summary July 4 …