Avian Nanostructured Tissues as Models for New Defensive Coatings and Photonic Crystal Fibers

Abstract

Our research had two main goals: to identify and characterize 1) novel color-producing nanostructures and 2) patterns of development of these nanostructures for biomimetic applications including coatings, fiber optics and color-changing sensors. We identified 10 novel color-producing nanostructures and gained valuable insights into the factors affecting self-assembly of optical nanostructures. These findings resulted in 20 publications, many in top-tier journals like Science, advancement of two Ph.D. students, additional funding from NSF and tenure of the PI.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 31, 2012
Accession Number
ADA567600

Entities

People

  • Matthew D. Shawkey

Organizations

  • University of Akron

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Birds
  • Cells
  • Fish
  • Optics
  • Wildlife

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Nanoscale Plasmonic Nanotechnology
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.

Technology Areas

  • Biotechnology
  • Microelectronics