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APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS
Volume 97, Issue 10, Pages -Publisher
AMER INST PHYSICS
DOI: 10.1063/1.3486115
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- National Research Foundation of Korea [2010-0014718]
- Pioneer Research Center, National Research Foundation of Korea [2009-0082953]
- National Research Foundation of Korea [2009-0082952, 2010-0014728, 핵C6A1103] Funding Source: Korea Institute of Science & Technology Information (KISTI), National Science & Technology Information Service (NTIS)
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This letter presents a biomimetic humidity sensor inspired by the humidity-dependent color change observed in the cuticle of the Hercules beetle. A thin-film-type humidity sensor with nanoporous structures (three-dimensional photonic crystals) mimicking the spongy multilayer in the beetles was designed and fabricated using the colloidal templating method and a hydrophilic surface treatment. The visible color of the fabricated humidity sensor changes from blue-green to red as the environmental humidity increases. The wavelength of reflected light that is predicted by Bragg's equation considering the effect of water absorption shows a good agreement with experimental results. (c) 2010 American Institute of Physics. [doi:10.1063/1.3486115]
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