The Insect (cicada) Wing Membrane Micro/Nano Structure – Nature’s Templates for Control of Optics, Wetting, Adhesion, Contamination, Bacteria and Eukaryotic Cells

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Gregory S Watson, David W Green, Mingxia Sun, Aiping Liang, Li Xin, Bronwen W Cribb and Jolanta A Watson

Journal of Nanoscience with Advanced Technology, Vol.1(2), pp.1-11

2015

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Nanotechnology

Materials Engineering

Physical Chemistry (incl. Structural)

biomimetic

insect

wing

superhydrophobic

self-cleaning

contamination

antibacterial

cell growth

antireflection

replication

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Title: The Insect (cicada) Wing Membrane Micro/Nano Structure – Nature’s Templates for Control of Optics, Wetting, Adhesion, Contamination, Bacteria and Eukaryotic Cells
Authors: Gregory S Watson (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Science, Health, Education and Engineering
David W Green (Author) - University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Mingxia Sun (Author) - Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Aiping Liang (Author) - Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Li Xin (Author) - University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Bronwen W Cribb (Author) - University of Queensland
Jolanta A Watson (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Science, Health, Education and Engineering
Publication details: Journal of Nanoscience with Advanced Technology, Vol.1(2), pp.1-11
Publisher: Verizona Publisher (VZP)
Date published: 2015
DOI: 10.24218/jnat.2015.07
ISSN: 2059-5026
Copyright note: Copyright © 2015 Gregory S Watson and Jolanta A Watson, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Organisation Unit: School of Science and Engineering - Legacy; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Science, Technology and Engineering
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99449291702621
Output Type: Journal article

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