Photonic Crystals in Nature

[@justanotherguy3018]

Really great content, thank you! I had no idea all these animals had this in common, so complex yet it came about in all of them somehow... 😎 fantastic

[@brucelambert628]

preach 🙌

[@signsofsuccess]

Beautiful creatures. Did all these complex organisms evolve or were they designed?

[@madmoon3234]

My guess is that they evolved

[@miked6039]

Is there a simple way to calculate the photonic band gap for 2D and 3D photonic crystals?

[@SigmaDocumentaries]

It's not simple but I recommend checking out this link: opg.optica.org/oe/fulltext.cfm?uri=oe-8-3-167&id=63583

[@phillipterrell8914]

If we can't get proteins to make photonic crystals for us, what would be the next go-to material?

[@lotereja5635]

You should put your sources at the bottom of the transcript