Bionics in textiles: flexible and translucent thermal insulations for solar thermal applications by Thomas Stegmaier, Michael Linke, and Heinrich Planck Philosophical Transactions A Volume 367(1894): May 13, 2009 ©2009 by The Royal Society
Polar bear. Thomas Stegmaier et al. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A 2009;367: ©2009 by The Royal Society
Hollow fibre in polar bear fur. Thomas Stegmaier et al. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A 2009;367: ©2009 by The Royal Society
Yellowish fur and black skin of the polar bear. Thomas Stegmaier et al. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A 2009;367: ©2009 by The Royal Society
Solar thermal functions of polar bear fur. Thomas Stegmaier et al. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A 2009;367: ©2009 by The Royal Society
Pile fabric with light-conductive fibres. Thomas Stegmaier et al. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A 2009;367: ©2009 by The Royal Society
Construction of a spacer textile composite for solar thermal energy harvesting. Thomas Stegmaier et al. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A 2009;367: ©2009 by The Royal Society
Translucent coated spacer textiles. Thomas Stegmaier et al. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A 2009;367: ©2009 by The Royal Society
Solar thermal collector made of textile composites (layers from top to bottom: transparent thermal insulation; air or water floated absorber; thermal insulation). Thomas Stegmaier et al. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A 2009;367: ©2009 by The Royal Society
Half-spherical collector with flexible textile transparent thermal insulation. Thomas Stegmaier et al. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A 2009;367: ©2009 by The Royal Society