Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/FF0561762
Funding Status
Closed
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Funded Activity Summary
The diversity and assembly of optics in nature. Optics, such as the design of new coloured reflectors, is a research strength for Australia. A reason for this is the potential for application - optical devices can be found far and wide in our everyday lives, from security devices on banknotes (holograms), to computer monitors (LCDs). An interesting parallel exists in nature - animals possess similar optical devices to those we use. So it makes sense to examine the animals' devices in a search for new reflectors, and that's an aim of this project. And since reflectors are often difficult to make, why not let animals make reflectors for us? That is a further aim of this project. Soon we may have genetically-altered butterfly scales embedded in our credit cards that cannot be counterfeited.Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 01-2007
End Date: 10-2008
Funding Scheme: Federation Fellowships
Funding Amount: $1,950,053.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Invertebrate Biology | Biochemistry And Cell Biology Not Elsewhere Classified | Biochemistry and Cell Biology | Biotechnology Not Elsewhere Classified
ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)
Living resources (flora and fauna) | Biological sciences | Commercial security services |
