Optical Properties of Diatom Nanostructured Biosilica in Arachnoidiscus sp: Micro-Optics from Mother Nature

Maria Antonietta Ferrara; Principia Dardano; Luca De Stefano; Ilaria Rea; Giuseppe Coppola; Ivo Rendina; Roberta Congestri; Alessandra Antonucci; Mario De Stefano; Edoardo De Tommasi

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0103750

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Optical Properties of Diatom Nanostructured Biosilica in Arachnoidiscus sp: Micro-Optics from Mother Nature

Maria Antonietta Ferrara ,

* E-mail: antonella.ferrara@na.imm.cnr.it

Affiliation Institute for Microelectronic and Microsystems, Department of Naples, National Research Council, Naples, Italy
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Principia Dardano,

Affiliation Institute for Microelectronic and Microsystems, Department of Naples, National Research Council, Naples, Italy
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Luca De Stefano,

Affiliation Institute for Microelectronic and Microsystems, Department of Naples, National Research Council, Naples, Italy
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Ilaria Rea,

Affiliation Institute for Microelectronic and Microsystems, Department of Naples, National Research Council, Naples, Italy
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Giuseppe Coppola,

Affiliation Institute for Microelectronic and Microsystems, Department of Naples, National Research Council, Naples, Italy
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Ivo Rendina,

Affiliation Institute for Microelectronic and Microsystems, Department of Naples, National Research Council, Naples, Italy
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Roberta Congestri,

Affiliation Laboratory of Biology of Algae, Department of Biology, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Rome, Italy
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Alessandra Antonucci,

Affiliation Department of Environmental, biological, and Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technologies, Second University of Naples, Caserta, Italy
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Mario De Stefano,

Affiliation Department of Environmental, biological, and Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technologies, Second University of Naples, Caserta, Italy
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Edoardo De Tommasi

Affiliation Institute for Microelectronic and Microsystems, Department of Naples, National Research Council, Naples, Italy
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Optical Properties of Diatom Nanostructured Biosilica in Arachnoidiscus sp: Micro-Optics from Mother Nature

Maria Antonietta Ferrara,
Principia Dardano,
Luca De Stefano,
Ilaria Rea,
Giuseppe Coppola,
Ivo Rendina,
Roberta Congestri,
Alessandra Antonucci,
Mario De Stefano,
Edoardo De Tommasi

Published: July 30, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0103750

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