@inproceedings{c808b3f7ca6f405091e08638fc167989,
title = "Engineered biomimicry: Polymeric replication of surface features found on insects",
abstract = "By combining the modified conformal-evaporated-film-by-rotation (M-CEFR) technique with nickel electroforming, we have produced master negatives of nonplanar biotemplates. An approximately 250-nm-thick conformal coating of nanocrystaline nickel is deposited on a surface structure of interest found in class Insecta, and the coating is then reinforced with a roughly 60-μm-thick structural layer of nickel by electroforming. This structural layer endows the M-CEFR coating with the mechanical robustness necessary for casting or stamping multiple polymer replicas of the biotemplate. We have made master negatives of blowfly corneas, beetle elytrons, and butterfly wings.",
author = "Pulsifer, {Drew P.} and Akhlesh Lakhtakia and Mart{\'i}n-Palma, {Ra{\'u}l J.} and Pantano, {Carlo G.}",
year = "2011",
doi = "10.1117/12.876479",
language = "English (US)",
isbn = "9780819485373",
series = "Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering",
booktitle = "Bioinspiration, Biomimetics, and Bioreplication",
note = "Bioinspiration, Biomimetics, and Bioreplication ; Conference date: 07-03-2011 Through 09-03-2011",
}