Crab shells and diffraction grating (IMAGE)

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Crab shells and diffraction grating

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Researchers developed a process to turn crab shells into a bioplastic that can be used to make optical components known as diffraction gratings (in the tweezers).

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Raphael A. Guerrero, Ateneo de Manila University

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