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Bio-inspired Photonics

Thomas Parton

Research Associate

My research explores different ways of making colourful materials from sustainable building blocks. I am fascinated by the chiral colloidal self-assembly of cellulose nanocrystals and how it can be used to create large-scale films with unique optical properties.

I did my undergraduate studies in Natural Sciences (Physics and Physical Chemistry) at University College London and the California Institute of Technology, and came to Cambridge as part of the NanoDTC MRes+PhD programme.

 

Publications

The role of composition: natural materials vs. synthetic composites: general discussion
E Bermudez Ureña, A Borsuk, H Clark, R Fosbury, MH Godinho, M Hardy, A Holt, M Kolle, C Kuttner, M Lopez-Garcia, A McDougal, SR Mouchet, NJ Nadeau, N Nicolas, BA Palmer, A Parnell, TG Parton, P Pirih, A Qiu, G Schröder-Turk, GT van de Kerkhof, P Vukusic, W Wardley, M Xiao
– Faraday Discuss
(2020)
223,
295
(doi: 10.1039/d0fd90017f)
The role of structure: Order: vs. disorder in bio-photonic systems: General discussion
E Bermudez Ureña, Y Chang, H Clark, B Datta, Á Escobar, M Hardy, H Hölscher, A Holt, G Isapour, M Kolle, C Kuttner, V Lloyd, A Matt, A McDougal, SR Mouchet, L Ospina, A Parnell, TG Parton, P Pirih, A Qiu, L Schertel, GT van de Kerkhof, S Vignolini, W Wardley, D Wiersma
– Faraday Discussions
(2020)
223,
233
(doi: 10.1039/D0FD90015J)
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Telephone number

01223 763153

College

Jesus College

Research Interests

Study at Cambridge

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