Antireflective Surfaces: A High‐Transmission, Multiple Antireflective Surface Inspired from Bilayer 3D Ultrafine Hierarchical Structures in Butterfly Wing Scales (Small 6/2016)

A highly transmissive, multiple antireflective surface inspired by bilayer 3D ultrafine hierarchical structures in butterfly wing scales is fabricated on a glass substrate using a facile wet-chemical biomimetic fabrication method. On page 713, S. Niu and co-workers describe how the biomimetic antireflective surface exhibits not only excellent antireflective properties but also high transmission, which can also significantly reduce reflection without losing transparency. These findings offer a new path for generating nanostructured antireflectors with high-transmission properties.