How to Copy a Butterfly Wing
October 9, 2009
Here’s what you have to do to copy a butterfly wing without destroying it: create compounds using Germanium, Selenium and Stibium. Combine thermal evaporation and substrate rotation in a low pressure chamber. Immerse in an aqueous orthophosphoric acid solution to dissolve the chitin. If you are lucky, you can copy the delicate nanostructure of a […]