System, method, and apparatus for bioinspired strategies for efficient light harvesting and optical processing
AssigneeTrustees of Tufts College
InventorsFiorenzo G. Omenetto, Giulia Guidetti
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Abstract
Producing a replica of a leaf includes casting a silk fibroin solution directly on the leaf, allowing the silk fibroin solution to dry at room temperature to form a silk film, and after the silk film is dry, peeling the silk film from the jewel orchid leaf to obtain the replica. The leaf may have a lattice structure including cells having a partially-spherical portion.
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A method of producing a replica of a leaf having a lattice structure including cells having a partially-spherical portion, the method comprising:
- casting a silk fibroin solution directly on the leaf;
- allowing the silk fibroin solution to dry at room temperature to form a silk film;
- after the silk film is dry, peeling the silk film from the leaf to obtain the replica.
A method of producing a positive replica of a leaf having a lattice structure including cells having a partially spherical portion, the method comprising:
- casting an elastomeric material solution directly on the leaf;
- allowing the elastomeric material solution to dry at room temperature to form a mold;
- after the mold is dry, peeling the mold from the leaf.
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A replica of a leaf having a lattice structure including cells having a partially spherical portion, the replica comprising:
- a biopolymer matrix having a matrix lattice structure corresponding to the lattice structure of the leaf,
- wherein the biopolymer matrix includes at least one optical property corresponding to an optical property of the leaf.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.