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Andrew R. Parker
Researcher at University of Oxford
Publications - 58
Citations - 4784
Andrew R. Parker is an academic researcher from University of Oxford. The author has contributed to research in topics: Iridescence & Compound eye. The author has an hindex of 27, co-authored 56 publications receiving 4303 citations. Previous affiliations of Andrew R. Parker include Australian Museum & Natural History Museum.
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Water capture by a desert beetle
TL;DR: It is shown that these large droplets form by virtue of the insect's bumpy surface, which consists of alternating hydrophobic, wax-coated and hydrophilic, non-waxy regions, and may find application in water-trapping tent and building coverings, for example, or in water condensers and engines.
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Biomimetics of photonic nanostructures
TL;DR: 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.
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515 million years of structural colour
TL;DR: Structures that cause colour or provide antireflection have been found in both living and extinct animals in a diversity of forms, including mirror-reflective and diffractive devices.
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Structural colour: opal analogue discovered in a weevil.
TL;DR: A beetle, Pachyrhynchus argus, found in forests in northeastern Queensland, Australia, is described that has a metallic coloration that is visible from any direction owing to a photonic crystal structure analogous to that of opal.
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Aphrodite's iridescence
Andrew R. Parker,Ross C. McPhedran,David R. McKenzie,Lindsay C. Botten,Nicolae-Alexandru P. Nicorovici +4 more
TL;DR: The spectacular iridescence of a spine from the sea mouse Aphrodita sp.