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Fly Eyes Used For Solar Cells

Posted by samzenpus on from the windows-to-the-power-pole dept.

disco_tracy writes "Researchers took corneas from blow flies, fixed them on a glass substrate, added a polymer to protect the shape and then coated nine-eye arrays in nickel within a vacuum chamber. The result was a master template that retained those useful nanoscale features and can be used to make solar cells."

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  1. Solar powered blow flies! by slackarse · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I for one welcome our solar powered blow fly overlords.

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