• Título:  NATURAL PHOTOSYNTHETIC NANOSTRUCTURES AS A BLUEPRINT FOR BIO-INSPIRED ORGANIC PHOTONICS
• Autor:  Palhinha Castillo, Miguel Augusto
• Universidad:  Universidad de Santiago de Compostela
• Departamento:  Escuela de Doctorado Internacional (EDIUS)
• Fecha de Lectura:  18/04/2023
• Programa de doctorado:  Programa de Doctorado en Láser, Fotónica y Visión por la Universidad de A Coruña; la Universidad de Santiago de Compostela y la Universidad de Vigo
• Dirección: 
  • Lopez Garcia, Martin (DIRECTOR)
  • MORENO DE LAS CUEVAS, VICENTE (TUTOR/PONENTE)
• Tribunal: 
  • MÍGUEZ GARCÍA, HERNÁN RUY (PRESIDENTE)
  • Liñares Beiras, Jesus (SECRETARIO)
  • Symonds, Clémentine (VOCAL)
• Descriptores: 
  • INTERACCION DE ONDAS ELECTROMAGNETICAS CON LA MATERIA
  • PROPIEDADES OPTICAS DE MATERIALES
  • ESPECTROSCOPIA OPTICA
• Localización:  BIBLIOTECA XERAL USC
• 705387_1614706.pdf
• Resumen:
  Photonic crystals are nanostructured systems which manipulate and confine light at the nanoscale. However, significant hurdles in their fabrication remain, delaying the progress toward large- scale commercial applications. Interestingly, nature has been developing these structures for aeons in animals, insects and even plants. In this dissertation, we start by studying the natural photonic structure known as iridoplasts, a specialised iridescent photosynthetic system. We show that this biological organism could be using its photonic properties to mould the absorption of light. We fabricate soft matter photonic structures inspired by iridoplasts. The materials and fabrication methods used could help overcome some of the hurdles of the commonly used fabrication techniques for photonic crystals.