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- Title
- 'Invisible' fish could light the way to better optical devices
- Author(s)
- Juodkazis, Saulius
- Abstract
- Imagine setting up mirrors in a circle around you, the shiny sides all facing outwards to reflect your surroundings. To the casual observer you would appear to be 'invisible', blending into the environment around you. Fish have developed this ability over millions of years of evolution, embodied in their shiny scales. And now, a new study---published on Monday in Nature Photonics---suggests this natural ability in small silver fish (including sardines and herrings) could be harnessed to develop next-generation optical devices including light-emitting diodes (LEDs) and optical fibres.
- Publication type
- Commentary
- Research centre
- Swinburne University of Technology
- Source
- The Conversation, 23 October 2012
- Publication year
- 2012
- Keyword(s)
- Electronics; Fish; Solar power
- Publisher
- The Conversation Media Trust
- Publisher URL
- http://theconversation.edu.au/invisible-fish-could-light-the-way-to-better-optical-devices-10267
- Copyright
- Copyright © 2012. This publication is licensed for reuse under a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 United States (CC BY-ND 3.0) licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/3.0/us/). The published version is reproduced in accordance with this policy.
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