Antireflective surfaces based on biomimetic nanopillared arrays

A review of recent progress on the fabrication of biomimetic antireflective surfaces is presented, with a particular emphasis on antireflective surfaces cif silicon and fused silica substrates. With the aid of advanced nanofabrication techniques, biomimetic antireflective surfaces exhibit high performance antireflective properties and high-quality mechanical stabilities. The structural requirements and some fabrication methods of biomimetic antireflective surfaces are briefly described. After that, some examples on the fabrication of biomimetic antireflective surfaces on silicon and fused silica substrates as well as multifunctional antireflective surfaces are detailedly presented. In addition, some applications, current challenges and future work of biomimetic antireflective surfaces are expected. (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.