On this page, you will find a collection of short videos from members of the Bio-inspired Photonics (BIP) Group. Based in the Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, the BIP group explores how plants and animals create vivid colours and what we can learn from them. Through these videos, and with the frequent help of electron microscopes, you will have a chance to see the world through our eyes, the eyes of young scientists from across the world working on a wide range of natural and naturally-inspired materials. We hope you enjoy this way of looking at the world and are yourself inspired to find out more about our work.
Structural colouration in nature – Aurimas Narkevicius
Shiny particles from plants – Benjamin Droguet
Wax platelets on leaves of the purple spiderwort create a surprising colour – Gea T. van de Kerkhof
Microscopic Baklava: Making Beautiful Mistakes – James Dolan
Raphide Crystals in Alocasia – Miranda Sinnott-Armstrong
White pigment made of natural cellulose – Yating Zhang
Symbiosis in photosynthetic sea slugs – Samuel Humphrey
Building microscale architectures using nanoscale shrimp wastes – Zihao Lu