研究

3D打印的陶瓷“蝴蝶翅膀”为光子研究增添了颜色

在自然通讯上发表的论文中物理学家证明了通过3D印刷甲状腺复制蝴蝶翼的反射结构的能力。该发现是通过研究光子学的研究(光线如何通过太空和物体移动)进行的,并为新材料提供了专利。

The 3D printed ceramic gyroid shape. Figure via Steven R. Sellers, Weining Man, Shervin Sahba & Marian Florescu
The 3D printed ceramic gyroid shape. Figure via Steven R. Sellers, Weining Man, Shervin Sahba & Marian Florescu

光的研究

Photons are elementary particles that make-up visible and invisible light. Photonics, therefore, is the study of how these particles behave, passing or not passing through different kinds of Matter. For example understanding why photons pass through glass but not through wood?

光子学还告知了有关的最新研究3D打印的生物 - 弹性LED屏幕。在德国弗里德里希 - 亚历山大大学的埃尔兰根 - 纽伦伯格(Erlangen-Nürnberg)的研究中,使用LED颜色过滤器来使用发光的细菌来创建一个更加环保的“生活”屏幕。

The way that photons travel, or don’t travel, through a material is dependent upon a particle’s wavelength. A disallowed wavelength is known as photonic band gap (PBG). Through a 3D printed gyroid, the researchers at Surrey and San Francisco demonstrate an ability to manipulate the photonic band gap through the shape of their ceramic object.

魔术能力形状

能力对光线的反应也使研究人员发现这种形状可以在蝴蝶翼的构造中找到,因此具有自然利用颜色的巨大潜力。

在蝴蝶翼的比例尺中发现的相同的能力结构。史蒂文·R·塞勒斯(Steven R. Sellers)
在蝴蝶翼的比例尺中发现的相同的能力结构。史蒂文·R·塞勒斯(Steven R. Sellers)

Using this gyroid structure on a nanometric scale would allow the development of a tailor-made energy efficient material that could be used for insulation. A patent for such a material has been filed in the U.K. by the partnership, with another pending on the international scale.

MIT也将能力理论形式和3D印刷,以了解石墨烯,因为gyroid重演的形状is similar to the natural honecomb structure of the 2D material.

这项最新的研究是由英国萨里大学的玛丽安·福雷斯库(Marian Forescu)和史蒂文·塞恩(Steven Sellers)进行的,并与旧金山州立大学的Weining Man和Shervin Sahba一起进行。与该过程有关的材料已在英国获得专利,并在国际层面上尚有专利。萨里大学计划通过与电子制造商Etaphase Inc.建立合作伙伴关系来将能源效率的材料商业化。

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