Alternative moth-eye nanostructures: antireflective properties and composition of dimpled corneal nanocoatings in silk-moth ancestors.

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Type
Article: article d'un périodique ou d'un magazine.
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Titre
Alternative moth-eye nanostructures: antireflective properties and composition of dimpled corneal nanocoatings in silk-moth ancestors.
Périodique
Journal of Nanobiotechnology
Auteur⸱e⸱s
Kryuchkov M., Lehmann J., Schaab J., Cherepanov V., Blagodatski A., Fiebig M., Katanaev V.L.
ISSN
1477-3155 (Electronic)
ISSN-L
1477-3155
Statut éditorial
Publié
Date de publication
2017
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
15
Numéro
1
Pages
61
Langue
anglais
Résumé
Moth-eye nanostructures are a well-known example of biological antireflective surfaces formed by pseudoregular arrays of nipples and are often used as a template for biomimetic materials. Here, we provide morphological characterization of corneal nanostructures of moths from the Bombycidae family, including strains of domesticated Bombyx mori silk-moth, its wild ancestor Bombyx mandarina, and a more distantly related Apatelodes torrefacta. We find high diversification of the nanostructures and strong antireflective properties they provide. Curiously, the nano-dimple pattern of B. mandarina is found to reduce reflectance as efficiently as the nanopillars of A. torrefacta. Access to genome sequence of Bombyx further permitted us to pinpoint corneal proteins, likely contributing to formation of the antireflective nanocoatings. These findings open the door to bioengineering of nanostructures with novel properties, as well as invite industry to expand traditional moth-eye nanocoatings with the alternative ones described here.

Mots-clé
Animals, Biomimetic Materials/chemistry, Biomimetics, Bombyx/chemistry, Bombyx/ultrastructure, Compound Eye, Arthropod/chemistry, Compound Eye, Arthropod/ultrastructure, Insect Proteins/analysis, Light, Microscopy, Atomic Force, Nanostructures/chemistry, Nanostructures/ultrastructure, Surface Properties, Antireflective nanocoatings, Biomimetic materials, Moth-eye structures, Silkmoth
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Web of science
Open Access
Oui
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29/09/2017 9:39
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17/09/2020 9:17
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