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SUBMITTER: Ivanova EP
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3868328 | biostudies-literature | 2013
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Ivanova Elena P EP Hasan Jafar J Webb Hayden K HK Gervinskas Gediminas G Juodkazis Saulius S Truong Vi Khanh VK Wu Alex H F AH Lamb Robert N RN Baulin Vladimir A VA Watson Gregory S GS Watson Jolanta A JA Mainwaring David E DE Crawford Russell J RJ
Nature communications 20130101
Black silicon is a synthetic nanomaterial that contains high aspect ratio nanoprotrusions on its surface, produced through a simple reactive-ion etching technique for use in photovoltaic applications. Surfaces with high aspect-ratio nanofeatures are also common in the natural world, for example, the wings of the dragonfly Diplacodes bipunctata. Here we show that the nanoprotrusions on the surfaces of both black silicon and D. bipunctata wings form hierarchical structures through the formation of ...[more]