Research output per year
Research output per year
Personal profile
Research interests
I work on the physical optics of plant materials (and other biomaterials!). I look at the nanostructures that interact with light to produce colour and other optical effects in fruits, leaves, flowers. I try to understand how this happens - through characterising biomaterials, modelling optics computationally, and fabricating optical nanomaterials through biomimetic and bioreplicative engineering.
Teaching interests
I teach optics on the Physics Y1 Foundations of Physics course.
Willing to supervise doctoral students
I am currently seeking a PhD student candidate with an interest in biophotonics and/or fabricating optical biomaterials. If you are fascinated with how plants interact with light using nanostructures, please get in touch
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Education/Academic qualification
NanoDTC, Doctor of Science, Structural Colour in Fruits, University of Cambridge
1 Oct 2013 → 31 Dec 2018
Award Date: 3 Dec 2018
Keywords
- QC Physics
- biophotonics
- biomaterials
- plant materials
- disorder
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Research output
- 11 Article
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Self-assembled, disordered structural color from fruit wax bloom
Middleton, R., Tunstad, S. A., Knapp, A., Winters, S., McCallum, S. & Whitney, H., 9 Feb 2024, In: Science Advances. 10, 6, eadk4219.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access33 Citations (SciVal) -
Beetle iridescence induces an avoidance response in naïve avian predators
Kjernsmo, K., Lim, A. M., Middleton, R., Hall, J. R., Costello, L. M., Whitney, H. M., Scott-Samuel, N. E. & Cuthill, I. C., 30 Jun 2022, In: Animal Behaviour. 188, p. 45-50 6 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access11 Citations (SciVal) -
Multiple origins of lipid-based structural colors contribute to a gradient of fruit colors in Viburnum (Adoxaceae)
Sinnott-Armstrong, M. A., Middleton, R., Ogawa, Y., Jacucci, G., Moyroud, E., Glover, B. J., Rudall, P. J., Vignolini, S. & Donoghue, M. J., 20 Dec 2022, In: New Phytologist. 237, 2, p. 643-655 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access8 Citations (SciVal) -
Cell wall composition determines handedness reversal in helicoidal cellulose architectures of <i>Pollia condensata</i> fruits
Chang, Y., Middleton, R., Ogawa, Y., Gregory, T., Steiner, L. M., Kovalev, A., Karanja, R. H. N., Rudall, P. J., Glover, B. J., Gorb, S. N. & Vignolini, S., 21 Dec 2021, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118, 51Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access15 Citations (SciVal) -
Using structural colour to track length scale of cell-wall layers in developing Pollia japonica fruits
Middleton, R., Moyroud, E., Rudall, P. J., Prychid, C. J., Conejero, M., Glover, B. J. & Vignolini, S., 30 Jun 2021, In: New Phytologist. 230, 6, p. 2327-2336 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access8 Citations (SciVal)
Activities
- 1 Collaboration
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Application for GW4 community - Solar Harvesting That Grows: Biophotonic Engineering for Sustainable Technology (the B.E.S.T community)
Middleton, R. (Organiser)
3 Feb 2025Activity: Knowledge Exchange (Industry, Government, NGOs) › Collaboration