Butterfly wing architectures inspire sensor and energy applications

• 作者: Maurice I.Osotsi Wang Zhang Imran Zada Jiajun Gu Qinglei Liu Di Zhang
• 来源期刊: 国家科学评论（英文版）
• 年，卷（期）: 2021,（3）
• 所属期刊栏目: REVIEWS
• 页码范围: 172-193
• 页数: 22页
• 语种: 英文
• DOI: 10.1093/nsr/nwaa107

摘要

Natural biological systems are constantly developing efficient mechanisms to counter adverse effects of increasing human population and depleting energy resources.Their intelligent mechanisms are characterized by the ability to detect changes in the environment,store and evaluate information,and respond to external stimuli.Bio-inspired replication into man-made functional materials guarantees enhancement of characteristics and performance.Specifically,butterfly architectures have inspired the fabrication of sensor and energy materials by replicating their unique micro/nanostructures,light-trapping mechanisms and selective responses to external stimuli.These bio-inspired sensor and energy materials have shown improved performance in harnessing renewable energy,environmental remediation and health monitoring.Therefore,this review highlights recent progress reported on the classification of butterfly wing scale architectures and explores several bio-inspired sensor and energy applications.