Nano-structured Wild Moth Cocoon Fibers as Radiative Cooling and Waveguiding Optical Materials

• DOI: 10.1364/cleo_si.2017.sth4i.2
• Publication Date: 2017-05-08T16:15:15Z
• Authors: Norman Nan Shi; Cheng-Chia Tsai; Catherine Craig; Nanfang Yu
• Keywords: Thermal Radiation; Radiative Cooling

The study shows that comet moth cocoon fibers exhibit radiative cooling properties with enhanced solar reflectivity and thermal emissivity. Optical waveguiding due to transverse Anderson localization of light is also observed in these natural fibers.