Bioinspired Photonics: Optical Structures and Systems Inspired by Nature provides an interdisciplinary introduction to the captivating and diverse photonic systems
Author: Viktoria Greanya
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 9781466504035
Category: Technology & Engineering
Page: 416
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Harness the Wonders of the Natural World As our in-depth knowledge of biological systems increases, the number of devices and applications built from these principles is rapidly growing. Bioinspired Photonics: Optical Structures and Systems Inspired by Nature provides an interdisciplinary introduction to the captivating and diverse photonic systems
M. Qin, M. Sun, R. Bai, Y. Mao, X. Qian, D. Sikka, Y. Zhao, H.J. Qi, Z. Suo, X. He, Bioinspired hydrogel interferometer for ... Y. Cheng, H. Gu, Y. Zhao, Z. Xie, Z. Gu, Photonic crystal microcapsules for label-free multiplex detection, Adv. Mater.
Author: Yongmei Zheng
Publisher: Materials Today
ISBN: 9780128148433
Category:
Page: 338
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Bioinspired Design of Materials Surfaces reviews novel methods and technologies used to design surfaces and materials for smart material and device applications. The author discusses how materials wettability can be impacted by the fabrication of micro- and nanostructures, anisotropic structures, gradient structures, and heterogeneous patterned structures on the surfaces of materials. The design of these structures was inspired by nature, including lotus, cactus, beetle back and butterfly wings, spider silk, and shells. The author reviews the various wettability functions that can result from these designs, such as self-cleaning, directional adhesion, droplet driving, anti-adhesion, non-wetting, liquid repellent properties, liquid separation, liquid splitting, and more. This book presents a key reference on how to fabricate bioinspired structures on materials for desired functions of materials wettability. It also discusses challenges, opportunities and many potential applications, such as oil-water separation devices, water harvesting devices and photonic device applications. Introduces the fundamentals of both bioinspired materials design and the theory behind dynamic materials wettability Reviews the latest methods and technologies used to create functional surfaces and structured materials that impact and potentially control wettability Provides a snapshot of potential device applications, such as oil-water separation, water harvesting, fluid transport, photonic applications, and much more
Examples of the photonic systems in nature include color-changing chameleons
and cephalopods (such as squids and octopuses). Bioinspired photonics
comprises the design, fabrication, and utilization of photonic materials that have
been ...
Author: Ursyn, Anna
Publisher: IGI Global
ISBN: 9781522504818
Category: Education
Page: 431
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Effective communication within learning environments is a pivotal aspect to students success. By enhancing abstract concepts with visual media, students can achieve a higher level of retention and better understand the presented information. Knowledge Visualization and Visual Literacy in Science Education is an authoritative reference source for the latest scholarly research on the implementation of visual images, aids, and graphics in classroom settings and focuses on how these methods stimulate critical thinking in students. Highlighting concepts relating to cognition, communication, and computing, this book is ideally designed for researchers, instructors, academicians, and students.
Author: National Research CouncilPublish On: 2010-10-28
In particular, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has
recently initiated a Bioinspired Photonics program, and the Air Force Office of
Scientific Research is funding a Multidisci- plinary University Research Initiative ...
Author: National Research Council
Publisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 9780309153041
Category: Technology & Engineering
Page: 194
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The Department of Defense recently highlighted intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) capabilities as a top priority for U.S. warfighters. Contributions provided by ISR assets in the operational theaters in Iraq and Afghanistan have been widely documented in press reporting. While the United States continues to increase investments in ISR capabilities, other nations not friendly to the United States will continue to seek countermeasures to U.S. capabilities. The Technology Warning Division of the Defense Intelligence Agency's (DIA) Defense Warning Office (DWO) has the critical responsibility, in collaborations with other components of the intelligence community (IC), for providing U.S. policymakers insight into technological developments that may impact future U.S. warfighting capabilities. To this end, the IC requested that the National Research Council (NRC) investigate and report on key visible and infrared detector technologies, with potential military utility, that are likely to be developed in the next 10-15 years. This study is the eighth in a series sponsored by the DWO and executed under the auspices of the NRC TIGER (Technology Insight-Gauge, Evaluate, and Review) Standing Committee.
Providing a wealth of information on materials and devices, and over 150 color figures, it is the 'go-to' guide for students in electrical engineering taking courses in nanophotonics.
Author: Sergey V. Gaponenko
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9781107145504
Category: Science
Page: 440
View: 681
An accessible yet rigorous introduction to nanophotonics, covering basic principles, technology, and applications in lighting, lasers, and photovoltaics. Providing a wealth of information on materials and devices, and over 150 color figures, it is the 'go-to' guide for students in electrical engineering taking courses in nanophotonics.
Porous silicon is an attractive material for use as a template also because its
porosity and average pore size can be easily tuned by adjusting the
electrochemical preparation conditions , thus allowing the construction of photonic crystals 151 ...
Revealed natural photonic structures are diverse, delicate, and multifunctional as
well. Natural photonic structures and their ingenious ways of light steering could
be a great source of inspiration, invaluable to our bio-inspired technologies.
Author: Xiang Yang Liu
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9781461453727
Category: Science
Page: 387
View: 619
Methods in bioinspiration and biomimicking have been around for a long time. However, due to current advances in modern physical, biological sciences, and technologies, our understanding of the methods have evolved to a new level. This is due not only to the identification of mysterious and fascinating phenomena but also to the understandings of the correlation between the structural factors and the performance based on the latest theoretical, modeling, and experimental technologies. Bioinspiration: From Nano to Micro Scale provides readers with a broad view of the frontiers of research in the area of bioinspiration from the nano to macroscopic scales, particularly in the areas of biomineralization, antifreeze protein, and antifreeze effect. It also covers such methods as the lotus effect and superhydrophobicity, structural colors in animal kingdom and beyond, as well as behavior in ion channels. A number of international experts in related fields have contributed to this book, which offers a comprehensive and synergistic look into challenging issues such as theoretical modeling, advanced surface probing, and fabrication. The book also provides a link to the engineering of novel advanced materials playing an important role in advancing technologies in various fields.
... is expected to be a crucial component for the development of functional
nanoscale devices having applications in a number of diverse areas such as
molecular electronics , ' photonics , electrocatalysis , and chemical sensing /
biosensing .
Photonics is a subject area dealing with the emission, transmission, modulation,
processing and sensing of light signals. A photonic device is an entity,
constructed with the purpose to facilitate any or all of the above processes. This
definition ...
Author: Jonas Hannestad
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9783319010687
Category: Science
Page: 119
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In his thesis Fluorescence in Bio-inspired Nanotechnology, Jonas Hannestad describes the evolving field of DNA nanotechnology in a lucid and easily accessible way. A central theme in the thesis is how biological structures and mechanisms constitute a basis for the design of novel technologies. Hannestad discusses how self-assembled, nanometer-scale DNA constructs can be functionalized using fluorescent labeling. In particular, he highlights how applications are based on fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET). Another important contribution is the development of a lipid monolayer platform for the step-by-step assembly of DNA nanoconstructs. The work in the thesis is based on five peer-reviewed papers published in high-profile journals, all of which involve major contributions from the author.
Author: Materials Research Society. MeetingPublish On: 2004
The special interest afforded biological and bioinspired materials and devices
lies in the fact that many biological ... exceptional tissue engineering scaffolds ,
exclusive molecular imprinting matrices , and innovative photonic crystals are ...
Author: Materials Research Society. Meeting
Publisher:
ISBN: UOM:39015061157072
Category: Technology & Engineering
Page: 264
View: 289
The special interest afforded biological and bioinspired materials and devices lies in the fact that many biological materials, as diverse as bone and teeth and spider silk, have highly refined and sophisticated platforms of structure that are well organized at hierarchical levels spanning nanoscale to microscale measures. There is absolutely strict and precise control of materials synthesis exerted by these natural systems, and vigorous study and advancement in the fields of biomineralization, molecular biology, and DNA technology, for instance, have brought increasing understanding of such control in ever expanding fashion. This knowledge has been quickly transferred into the design and development of synthetic materials that mimic their biological counterparts. In this context, an explosion in research in the past few years has centered on the identification and synthesis of 1) unique ceramics or composites for biomaterials, magnetic and optical use, 2) self-assembled biopolymeric systems for biomaterials and biosensor application, and 3) colloidal and amphiphilic systems for relevance in biomedicine, nanotechnology, and biosensor fabrication. Therefore, new nanocrystalline composites, nanofibers, biosteel fibers, novel biosensors, distinctive drug-delivery systems, exceptional tissue engineering scaffolds, exclusive molecular imprinting matrices, and innovative photonic crystals are suddenly available. Given this backdrop, the papers in this volume involve biology, medicine, engineering, physics, chemistry, and materials science. Topics include biomineralization and the structure and mechanical, magnetic, and optical properties of biominerals; implant materials for dental, maxillofacial, orthopaedic, urological, and ophthalmic applications; tissue adhesives and cements; material degradation and implant failure; organic modification of surfaces and their biocompatibility; tissue engineering with cells and scaffolding to generate extracellular matrices for tissue regeneration; emerging technologies in tissue engineering, including application of stem cells and gene therapy; in situ and ex situ characterization techniques and imaging of biomaterials; pharmaceutical crystallization and materials for drug and gene delivery; supramolecular and biological self assembly; and structure and dynamics of organic/inorganic interfaces.
The goal of this research is to develop nano and meso-structured hybrid systems for the application in light harvesting, charge transfer and photocurrent generation with a high impact on the mission of the US Air Force.
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN: OCLC:318682144
Category:
Page: 10
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The goal of this project was to use DNA and protein as templates to assemble nanoparticles and functional molecules for photonic and electronic applications such as plasmon-enhanced fluorescence and surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) (Fig. 1). Towards this goal, we have utilized both genetic and materials engineering tools. We have followed the molecular biomimetic approach in the assembly of nanoparticles. We have developed protocols using involving biological attachment of nanoparticles and quantum dots onto engineered surface-binding polypeptides (GEPI), and have used directed assembly of nanoparticles and/or functional molecular units.
By summarizing the research findings on the synthesis, properties, and
applications of photonic/electrical stimulative intelligent interfa- cial materials, we
were the first to propose the concept of “Binary cooperative complementary ...
Author: Lei Jiang
Publisher: World Scientific
ISBN: 9789814280327
Category: Biomimetics
Page: 346
View: 960
Intelligent materials are emerging composite functional materials that have boomed since the 1990s. The intelligent material system, involving a multitude of structures and functions, combines studies that explore nature, mimic nature and surpass nature. It also provides novel ideas, new theories, and cutting-edge methodologies for the innovation of science and technology. Thus, mimicking the micro/nanostructures and functions found in nature will build a bridge between biology and technology, which may provide inspirations for solving today's technological problems. This book gives a complementary introduction about natural and artificial micro/nanoscale interfacial materials, devoting largely to the intelligent materials with special wettabilities. Inspired by nature, the authors proposed a concept of "binary cooperative complementary micro/nanoscale interfacial materials". Based on this design concept, the contact and coupling of heterogeneous materials will result in novel properties on the surface or interface of materials, which may create new functional materials and devices. This book combines popular science and professional knowledge, which will be suitable for not only researchers but also science lovers.
Photonic Information Techniques Based on Compound-Eye Imaging Satoru Irie,
Rui Shogenji, Yusuke Ogura, and Jun Tanida Graduate School of Information
Science and Technology, Osaka University, 2-1 Yamadaoka, Suita, 565-0871 ...
Author: Auke Jan Ijspeert
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 3540312536
Category: Computers
Page: 388
View: 373
The refereed proceedings of the Second International Workshop on Biologically Inspired Approaches to Advanced Information Technology, BioADIT 2006. The contributions range from basic research in biology and in information technology, to more application-oriented developments in software and in hardware. The papers are organized in topical sections on robotics, networking, biological systems, self-organization, evolutionary computation, and modeling and imaging.
It contains knowledge that stays behind applications in photovoltaics,
optoelectronics, and photonics. While such ... For instance, in this book we
mention biomimetic and bioinspired approaches to light conversion. More comes
from the ...
Author: Guglielmo Lanzani
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 9783527645145
Category: Science
Page: 220
View: 928
From a leading researcher in optical spectroscopy and electronic properties of novel semiconductors comes this much-needed toolbox title to understand the concepts behind the spectroscopy of advanced organic materials and how they work. The book thus provides basic and practical knowledge on material photophysics for planning, carrying out and understanding experiments in spectroscopy. It contains a collection of simple practical rules for data analysis and interpretation, together with a list of experimental techniques, including the latest methods. Each topic is complemented by examples taken from forefront research on nanomaterials, photovoltaics and photonics, and each chapter includes a discussion, examples, topical boxes, tables and figures. The whole is rounded off by a bibliography for further reading, major references and appendixes containing theoretical derivation and numerical code. The result is a quick guide for the spectroscopist who needs to grasp the concept of the experiments.
Navigation in an autonomous flying robot by using a biologically inspired visual
odometer . In Sensor Fusion and Decentralized Control in Robotic System III , Photonics East , Proceeding of SPIE , Vol . 4196 , pp . 86 - 97 , 2000 . K . D .
Jones ...
Author: Jean-Christophe Zufferey
Publisher:
ISBN: STANFORD:36105131657673
Category: Autonomous robots
Page: 205
View: 326
This book demonstrates how bio-inspiration can lead to fully autonomous flying robots without relying on external aids. Most existing aerial robots fly in open skies, far from obstacles, and rely on external beacons, mainly GPS, to localise and navigate. However, these robots are not able to fly at low altitude or in confined environments, and yet this poses absolutely no difficulty to insects. Indeed, flying insects display efficient flight control capabilities in complex environments despite their limited weight and relatively tiny brain size. From sensor suite to control strategies, the lite.
This book will address the advances, applications, research results, and emerging areas of optics, photonics, computational approaches, nano-photonics, bio-photonics, with applications in information systems.
Author: Thierry Fournel
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 144197380X
Category: Technology & Engineering
Page: 281
View: 795
This book will address the advances, applications, research results, and emerging areas of optics, photonics, computational approaches, nano-photonics, bio-photonics, with applications in information systems. The objectives are to bring together novel approaches, analysis, models, and technologies that enhance sensing, measurement, processing, interpretation, and visualization of information. The book will concentrate on new approaches to information systems, including integration of computational algorithms, bio-inspired models, photonics technologies, information security, bio-photonics, and nano-photonics. Applications include bio-photonics, digitally enhanced sensing and imaging systems, multi-dimensional optical imaging and image processing, bio-inspired imaging, 3D visualization, 3D displays, imaging on nano-scale, quantum optics, super resolution imaging, photonics for biological applications, microscopy, information optics, and holographic information systems.
Biologically - Inspired Object Selection Technique Based on Attractor Selection
Satoru Irie , Yusuke Ogura and Jun Tanida Laboratory of Information Physics ,
Department of Information and Physical Sciences , ! ! Graduate School of ...
Biotechnology and Nanotechnology as applied to NASA needs . Advanced
research projects have been initiated in both of these fields for the development
of novel bio - inspired devices as well as nanomachined sensors . Progress
made in ...
