Biomimicry of Blu e Morpho butterfly wings: An introduction to nanotechnology through an interdisciplinary science education module

Author(s):  
Paula Kirya ◽  
Eric Chen ◽  
Marina Achterman ◽  
Kelli Eugenio ◽  
Zekaria Beshir ◽  
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2020 ◽  
Vol 92 (2) ◽  
pp. 223-232
Author(s):  
Zhen Luo ◽  
Zhaoyue Weng ◽  
Qingchen Shen ◽  
Shun An ◽  
Jiaqing He ◽  
...  

AbstractThis work explores an alternative vapor sensing mechanism through analyzing dynamic desorption process from butterfly wings for the differentiation of both individual and mixed vapors quantitatively. Morpho butterfly wings have been used in differentiating individual vapors, but it is challenging to use them for the differentiation of mixed vapor quantitatively. This paper demonstrates the use of Morpho butterfly wings for the sensitive and selective detection of closely related vapors in mixtures. Principal components analysis (PCA) is used to process the reflectance spectra of the wing scales during dynamic desorption of different vapors. With the desorption-based detection mechanism, individual vapors with different concentrations and mixed vapors with different mixing ratios can be differentiated using the butterfly wing based sensors. Both the original butterfly wings and butterfly wings with surface modification show the capability in distinguishing vapors in mixtures, which may offer a guideline for further improving selectivity and sensitivity of bioinspired sensors.


2015 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 170-189 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shichao Niu ◽  
Bo Li ◽  
Zhengzhi Mu ◽  
Meng Yang ◽  
Junqiu Zhang ◽  
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2018 ◽  
Vol 31 (8) ◽  
pp. 1805431 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhuoyue Chen ◽  
Fanfan Fu ◽  
Yunru Yu ◽  
Huan Wang ◽  
Yixuan Shang ◽  
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Author(s):  
Marcus J.C. Long ◽  
Yimon Aye

The Covid‐19 pandemic, evolving needs of students & mentors, and the drive for global educational equality are collectively shifting how courses are packaged/distributed, ushering a more holistic approach and blending of fields. We recently created interdisciplinary courses in chemical biology aimed at massive open online and small private levels. These courses cover biology, chemistry, & physics, and concepts underlying modern chemical‐biology tools. We discuss what we learned while creating/overseeing these courses: content optimization and maintaining material freshness while fostering a stimulating learning environment. We outline mechanisms that help sustain student attention throughout rapidly‐moving courses, how to integrate adaptability to students’ needs in the short & long term, and speculate how we could have improved. We believe this will be an important guide for anyone wanting to develop online learning formats ideal for nurturing interdisciplinary scientists of tomorrow.


2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (5) ◽  
pp. 4614-4621 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robin E. Rodríguez ◽  
Sneha P. Agarwal ◽  
Shun An ◽  
Eric Kazyak ◽  
Debashree Das ◽  
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Nanoscale ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 533-537 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jiaqing He ◽  
Qingchen Shen ◽  
Shuai Yang ◽  
Gufeng He ◽  
Peng Tao ◽  
...  

The investigation of coupling in 3D biotemplated Au nanostrips provides new insights into the understanding of 3D plasmonic structures.


Nanoscale ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (17) ◽  
pp. 9118-9127 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sichao Zhang ◽  
Yifang Chen ◽  
Bingrui Lu ◽  
Jianpeng Liu ◽  
Jinhai Shao ◽  
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Direct proof of the structural blue/green color via lithographically-replicated PMMA/air multilayers, analogous to those in real Morpho butterfly wings.


2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (S367) ◽  
pp. 53-56
Author(s):  
Emmanuel Rollinde

AbstractThis communication introduces two cases of the use of astronomy as a motivating context to interdisciplinary science education with emphasis on modeling activities. Firstly, a dedicated software, called SalsaJ, allows students to reproduce the same data analysis as made by astronomers. The case of exoplanet detection will be used as an exemple. Secondly, bodies of learners are considered to model movements of planets with a Human Orrery (a Spatio-Temporal Map of the Solar System), connecting thus mathematics, physics, geography and arts.


RSC Advances ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (5) ◽  
pp. 2786-2790
Author(s):  
Mari Kawabe ◽  
Hirotaka Maeda ◽  
Toshihiro Kasuga

The heat transfer properties of Morpho butterfly wings (red line) were higher than those of Cithaerias wings (blue line) due to their surface structure and emissivity.


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