1. 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):1749-1758 May 13, 2009 ©2009 by The Royal Society

2. Polar bear. Thomas Stegmaier et al. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A 2009;367:1749-1758 ©2009 by The Royal Society

3. Hollow fibre in polar bear fur. Thomas Stegmaier et al. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A 2009;367:1749-1758 ©2009 by The Royal Society

4. Yellowish fur and black skin of the polar bear. Thomas Stegmaier et al. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A 2009;367:1749-1758 ©2009 by The Royal Society

5. Solar thermal functions of polar bear fur. Thomas Stegmaier et al. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A 2009;367:1749-1758 ©2009 by The Royal Society

6. Pile fabric with light-conductive fibres. Thomas Stegmaier et al. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A 2009;367:1749-1758 ©2009 by The Royal Society

7. Construction of a spacer textile composite for solar thermal energy harvesting. Thomas Stegmaier et al. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A 2009;367:1749-1758 ©2009 by The Royal Society

8. Translucent coated spacer textiles. Thomas Stegmaier et al. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A 2009;367:1749-1758 ©2009 by The Royal Society

9. 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;367:1749-1758 ©2009 by The Royal Society

10. Half-spherical collector with flexible textile transparent thermal insulation. Thomas Stegmaier et al. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A 2009;367:1749-1758 ©2009 by The Royal Society