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How can hierarchical micro- and nano-scale laser patterning replicate biological functions such as structural color, superhydrophobicity, and antibacterial surfaces?
Colloids and Soft Matter
Nanostructures and Nanomaterials
Structural Color
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Laser engineering of biomimetic surfaces
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