RT Dissertation/Thesis
T1 Natural photosynthetic nanostructures as a blueprint for bio-inspired organic photonics
A1 Palhinha Castillo, Miguel Augusto
K1 biophotonics
K1 photosynthesis
K1 natural photonic structures
K1 biomimetics
K1 excitonics
K1 slow light
K1 organic photonics
AB Photonic crystals are nanostructured systems which manipulate and confinelight at the nanoscale. However, significant hurdles in their fabrication remain, delaying the progress toward largescale commercial applications. Interestingly, nature has been developing these structures for aeons in animals,insects and even plants. In this dissertation, we start by studying the natural photonic structure known asiridoplasts, a specialised iridescent photosynthetic system. We show that this biological organism could be using itsphotonic properties to mould the absorption of light. We fabricate soft matter photonic structures inspired byiridoplasts. The materials and fabrication methods used could help overcome some of the hurdles of the commonlyused fabrication techniques for photonic crystals.
YR 2023
FD 2023
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10347/30576
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10347/30576
LA eng
DS Minerva
RD 28 abr 2026