Biomimetics Used to Create Microlenses | Biomimicry | Scoop.it

"Scientists from the Max Planck Institute of Colloids have looked to nature to develop a relatively simple and inexpensive method of producing calcium carbonate lenses packed together in a regular arrangement. The researchers took inspiration from the brittle star (Ophiocoma wendtii), which is studded with tiny crystalline lenses made of calcium carbonate, that together form a type of compound eye."