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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

Angular-Independent Photonic Pigments via the Controlled Micellization of Amphiphilic Bottlebrush Block Copolymers.
TH Zhao, G Jacucci, X Chen, D-P Song, S Vignolini, RM Parker
– Advanced Materials
(2020)
32,
e2002681
Angular Independent Photonic Pigments via the Controlled Micellization of Amphiphilic Bottlebrush Block Copolymers
TH Zhao, G Jacucci, X Chen, D-P Song, S Vignolini, RM Parker
(2020)
Visual Appearance of Chiral Nematic Cellulose-Based Photonic Films: Angular and Polarization Independent Color Response with a Twist.
CLC Chan, MM Bay, G Jacucci, V Roberto, CA Williams, GT van de Kerkhof, RM Parker, K Vynck, B Frka-Petesic, S Vignolini
– Advanced Materials
(2019)
31,
e1905151
Controlling the self-assembly behavior of aqueous chitin nanocrystal suspensions
A Narkevicius, L Steiner, R Parker, Y Ogawa, B Frka-Petesic, S Vignolini
– Biomacromolecules
(2019)
20,
2830
Hierarchical Photonic Pigments via the Confined Self-Assembly of Bottlebrush Block Copolymers.
D Song, T Zhao, G Guidetti, S Vignolini, RM Parker
– ACS Nano
(2019)
13,
1764
Spherically Confined Self-Assembly of Molecular Bottlebrushes - A Facile Route to Hierarchical Photonic Pigments
RM Parker, DP Song, TH Zhao, G Guidetti, S Vignolini
– International Conference on Metamaterials, Photonic Crystals and Plasmonics
(2019)
813
Printing of Responsive Photonic Cellulose Nanocrystal Microfilm Arrays
T Zhao, R Parker, C Williams, K Lim, B Frka-Petesic, S Vignolini
– Advanced Functional Materials
(2018)
29,
1804531
Hierarchical self-assembly of cellulose in a confined geometry
R Parker, B Frka-Petesic, G Guidetti, G Kamita, T Zhao, S Vignolini
– ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY
(2018)
255,
The Self-Assembly of Cellulose Nanocrystals: Hierarchical Design of Visual Appearance
RM Parker, G Guidetti, CA Williams, T Zhao, A Narkevicius, S Vignolini, B Frka-Petesic
– Advanced Materials
(2017)
30,
e1704477
Cucurbit[$n$]uril-Based Microcapsules Self-Assembled within Microfluidic Droplets: A Versatile Approach for Supramolecular Architectures and Materials
J Liu, Y Lan, Z Yu, CSY Tan, RM Parker, C Abell, OA Scherman
– Accounts of chemical research
(2017)
50,
208
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