Andrew R Parker

Summary

Affiliation: University of Oxford
Country: UK

Publications

  1. ncbi Biomimetics of photonic nanostructures
    Andrew R Parker
    Department of Zoology, The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, UK
    Nat Nanotechnol 2:347-53. 2007
  2. ncbi Report. Dual gratings interspersed on a single butterfly scale
    Abigail L Ingram
    Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London, UK
    J R Soc Interface 5:1387-90. 2008
  3. ncbi Natural photonics for industrial inspiration
    Andrew R Parker
    Department of Zoology, Natural History MuseumLondon SW7 5BD, UK
    Philos Trans A Math Phys Eng Sci 367:1759-82. 2009
  4. ncbi The cause of 50 million-year-old colour
    Andrew R Parker
    Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PS, UK
    Proc Biol Sci 270:S151-3. 2003
  5. ncbi Structural colour: opal analogue discovered in a weevil
    Andrew R Parker
    Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3PS, UK
    Nature 426:786-7. 2003
  6. ncbi A vision for natural photonics
    Andrew R Parker
    Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PS, UK
    Philos Trans A Math Phys Eng Sci 362:2709-20. 2004

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Publications6

  1. ncbi Biomimetics of photonic nanostructures
    Andrew R Parker
    Department of Zoology, The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, UK
    Nat Nanotechnol 2:347-53. 2007
    ..In this new approach, the nanoengineering efficiency of living cells is harnessed and natural organisms such as diatoms and viruses are used to make nanostructures that could have commercial applications...
  2. ncbi Report. Dual gratings interspersed on a single butterfly scale
    Abigail L Ingram
    Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London, UK
    J R Soc Interface 5:1387-90. 2008
    ..By incorporating two interchangeable gratings onto a single structure, as they are in L. nitida, the functional range of spectrometers could be extended...
  3. ncbi Natural photonics for industrial inspiration
    Andrew R Parker
    Department of Zoology, Natural History MuseumLondon SW7 5BD, UK
    Philos Trans A Math Phys Eng Sci 367:1759-82. 2009
    ..The purpose of this is to inspire designers within the $2 billion annual optics industry...
  4. ncbi The cause of 50 million-year-old colour
    Andrew R Parker
    Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PS, UK
    Proc Biol Sci 270:S151-3. 2003
    ..Therefore, the potential exists to reveal the original colours of other (particularly arthropod) extinct species...
  5. ncbi Structural colour: opal analogue discovered in a weevil
    Andrew R Parker
    Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3PS, UK
    Nature 426:786-7. 2003
  6. ncbi A vision for natural photonics
    Andrew R Parker
    Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PS, UK
    Philos Trans A Math Phys Eng Sci 362:2709-20. 2004
    ..Animals, it would seem, have plenty to teach us, not only in terms of the design of their optical structures, but also their engineering. A familiar message, perhaps, except now action is underway...