Biomimetic macroscopic hierarchical moire gratings

Appl Opt. 2022 Jun 20;61(18):5428-5434. doi: 10.1364/AO.461446.

Abstract

Large-scale hierarchical macroscopic moire gratings resembling the surface structure of Peruvian lily flower petals are fabricated on azobenzene molecular glass thin films using a Lloyd's mirror interferometer. It is shown that nanostructured linear and crossed moire gratings can be made with pitch values reaching a few millimeters. Also, using atomic force microscopy, scanning electron microscopy, optical microscopy, and surface profilometry techniques, it is shown that the obtained moire gratings have two-fold or three-fold hierarchical structures fabricated using a simple all optical technique.

MeSH terms

  • Biomimetics*
  • Microscopy, Atomic Force
  • Microscopy, Electron, Scanning
  • Nanostructures* / chemistry