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Senior Research Associate

Dr Richard M. Parker is a senior research associate in the Bio-inspired research group (University of Cambridge, UK), where he exploits self-assembly within microfluidically-templated droplets to prepare novel material architectures; with interests ranging from supramolecular microcapsules (Adv Funct Mater 2015) and gels (JACS 2015), to bio-inspired photonic microparticles (ACS Nano 2016 & 2019) and structurally-coloured films (Adv Funct Mater 2019).

 

Richard graduated from the University of Southampton (UK) with a MChem degree in 2007, followed by the award of a Ph.D. in Chemistry in 2011. His Ph.D. studies formed the basis of a new interdisciplinary collaboration between Dr Martin Grossel (Chemistry) and Prof Peter Smith (Optoelectronics Research Centre) that centred on the development of a photonic sensor platform for “lab-on-chip” applications. This focused on embedding a photonic Bragg grating refractometer within a microfluidic network and modifying the sensor surface using supramolecular/polymer chemistry to develop highly-sensitive, chemically-specific sensors. After completion of his doctoral studies, he continued researching in the fields of photonic sensors, fibre optics and supramolecular chemistry at the University of Southampton until 2012. He then joined the Microdroplets research group of Prof Chris Abell (University of Cambridge, UK) to explore how supramolecular interactions can be applied to encapsulate microfluidic droplets. In 2015 he joined the Bio-inspired Photonics group lead by Prof Silvia Vignolini, where he applies his knowledge of microfluidics and photonics to produce photonic pigments.

 

 

ORCID iD icon https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4096-9161

 

Publications

Tailoring the Morphology of Cellulose Nanocrystals via Controlled Aggregation
K Ballu, J-H Lim, TG Parton, RM Parker, B Frka-Petesic, AA Lapkin, Y Ogawa, S Vignolini
(2024)
Angle-resolved optical spectroscopy of photonic cellulose nanocrystal films reveals the influence of additives on the mechanism of kinetic arrest
TG Parton, RM Parker, S Osbild, S Vignolini, B Frka-Petesic
– Soft Matter
(2024)
20,
3695
Inkjet Printed Photonic Cellulose Nanocrystal Patterns.
CA Williams, RM Parker, A Kyriacou, M Murace, S Vignolini
– Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.)
(2023)
36,
e2307563
Structural Color from Cellulose Nanocrystals or Chitin Nanocrystals: Self-Assembly, Optics, and Applications.
B Frka-Petesic, TG Parton, C Honorato-Rios, A Narkevicius, K Ballu, Q Shen, Z Lu, Y Ogawa, J Haataja, B Droguet, RM Parker, S Vignolini
– Chemical Reviews
(2023)
123,
12595
Bioinspired Photonic Materials from Cellulose: Fabrication, Optical Analysis, and Applications
RM Parker, TG Parton, CLC Chan, MM Bay, B Frka-Petesic, S Vignolini
– Accounts of Materials Research
(2023)
4,
522
Exploiting the Thermotropic Behavior of Hydroxypropyl Cellulose to Produce Edible Photonic Pigments
S Ming, X Zhang, C Chan, Z Wang, M Bay, R Parker, S Vignolini
– Advanced Sustainable Systems
(2023)
7,
2200469
Tuning the Color of Photonic Glass Pigments by Thermal Annealing.
Z Wang, R Li, Y Zhang, CLC Chan, JS Haataja, K Yu, RM Parker, S Vignolini
– Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.)
(2022)
35,
e2207923
The sustainable materials roadmap
M Titirici, SG Baird, TD Sparks, SM Yang, A Brandt-Talbot, O Hosseinaei, DP Harper, RM Parker, S Vignolini, LA Berglund, Y Li, HL Gao, LB Mao, SH Yu, N Díez, GA Ferrero, M Sevilla, PÁ Szilágyi, CJ Stubbs, JC Worch, Y Huang, CK Luscombe, KY Lee, H Luo, MJ Platts, D Tiwari, D Kovalevskiy, DJ Fermin, H Au, H Alptekin, M Crespo-Ribadeneyra, VP Ting, TP Fellinger, J Barrio, O Westhead, C Roy, IEL Stephens, SA Nicolae, SC Sarma, RP Oates, CG Wang, Z Li, XJ Loh, RJ Myers, N Heeren, A Grégoire, C Périssé, X Zhao, Y Vodovotz, B Earley, G Finnveden, A Björklund, GDJ Harper, A Walton, PA Anderson
– JPhys Materials
(2022)
5,
032001
Structurally Colored Radiative Cooling Cellulosic Films.
W Zhu, B Droguet, Q Shen, Y Zhang, TG Parton, X Shan, RM Parker, MFL De Volder, T Deng, S Vignolini, T Li
– Advanced Science
(2022)
9,
e2202061
Deconvoluting the Optical Response of Biocompatible Photonic Pigments
Z Wang, CLC Chan, JS Haataja, L Schertel, R Li, GT van de Kerkhof, OA Scherman, RM Parker, S Vignolini
– Angewandte Chemie International Edition
(2022)
61,
e202206562
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Telephone number

01223 334319 (shared)