Geometric design of antireflective leafhopper brochosomes

<p dir="ltr">This journal contribution is published Open Access by the publisher. Follow the DOI link to retrieve a copy of the full text. </p><p dir="ltr">We thank K. Gehoski, B. Liu, B. Mahoney, J. Stapleton, and T. J. Zimudzi from the Materials Research Institute at The Pennsylvania State University for the help with sample preparation and characterization. We also thank X. Liu and Dr. J. Li from the Carnegie Mellon University for the help with sample characterization and FDTD simulation, respectively. We also thank G. Iliff and J.S. Choi for the insightful discussions. We acknowledge funding support by the Office of Naval Research (Award# N00014-20-1-2095 and Award#N00014-23-1-2173) and Program Manager Dr. K. L. Hentchel. Z. Li acknowledges the support from the Liang Ji-Dian Graduate Fellowship. Part of the work was conducted at the Penn State node of the NSF-funded National Nanotechnology of Infrastructure Network.,L.W. and T.-S.W. designed research; L.W. and Z.L. performed research; L.W. conducted experimental studies and performed theoretical analysis; Z.L. performed simulation studies; L.W., Z.L., S.S., and T.-S.W. analyzed data; Z.L. and S.S. contributed to manuscript revision; and L.W. and T.-S.W. wrote the paper.,L.W., Z.L., S.S., and T.-S.W. are inventors on a patent application related to this work filed by the Penn State Research Foundation and Carnegie Mellon University.</p>