I know a couple of years ago, at the swap one of the talks was about how coral skeletons are used by the coral to focus the light as efficiently as possible to bring photons to all of the zooxanthellae trapped in the living tissue.
A team of researchers have used this with a 3D printed process that manages to get higher cell density than their natural counterparts. Article is here (with some really nice pictures)
www.nature.com
ps: do they qualify as "LE"?
A team of researchers have used this with a 3D printed process that manages to get higher cell density than their natural counterparts. Article is here (with some really nice pictures)
Bionic 3D printed corals - Nature Communications
Corals have evolved as finely tuned light collectors. Here, the authors report on the 3D printing of coral-inspired biomaterials, that mimic the coral-algal symbiosis; these bionic corals lead to dense microalgal growth and can find applications in algal biotechnology and applied coral science.
www.nature.com
ps: do they qualify as "LE"?
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