Matthew D Shawkey

Matthew D Shawkey

Universiteit Gent

H-index: 52

Europe-Belgium

About Matthew D Shawkey

Matthew D Shawkey, With an exceptional h-index of 52 and a recent h-index of 37 (since 2020), a distinguished researcher at Universiteit Gent, specializes in the field of Structural color, feathers, optics, sexual selection, bacteria.

His recent articles reflect a diverse array of research interests and contributions to the field:

Nanoscale millefeuilles produce iridescent bill ornaments in birds

The Evolution of Multiple Color Mechanisms Is Correlated with Diversification in Sunbirds (Nectariniidae)

Preparation of robust structural color film on cotton fabrics by caffeic acid

How keratin cortex thickness affects iridescent feather colours

Body size and substrate use affect ventral, but not dorsal, brightness evolution in lizards

Biomimetic pheomelanin to unravel the electronic, molecular and supramolecular structure of the natural product

Mechanism of structural colors in binary mixtures of nanoparticle-based supraballs

Self-assembled melanin particles for color production

Matthew D Shawkey Information

University

Position

Associate Professor of Biology

Citations(all)

8818

Citations(since 2020)

4719

Cited By

6107

hIndex(all)

52

hIndex(since 2020)

37

i10Index(all)

118

i10Index(since 2020)

105

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Matthew D Shawkey Skills & Research Interests

Structural color

feathers

optics

sexual selection

bacteria

Top articles of Matthew D Shawkey

Title

Journal

Author(s)

Publication Date

Nanoscale millefeuilles produce iridescent bill ornaments in birds

PNAS nexus

Michaël PJ Nicolaï

Gerben Debruyn

Mieke Soenens

Matthew Shawkey

Liliana D’Alba

2024/4/3

The Evolution of Multiple Color Mechanisms Is Correlated with Diversification in Sunbirds (Nectariniidae)

Systematic Biology

Michaël PJ Nicolaï

Bert Van Hecke

Svana Rogalla

Gerben Debruyn

Rauri CK Bowie

...

2024/1/30

Preparation of robust structural color film on cotton fabrics by caffeic acid

Surfaces and Interfaces

Desheng Sha

Xiaowei Zhu

Yurong Sun

Tong Lu

Gang Yang

...

2024/4/10

How keratin cortex thickness affects iridescent feather colours

Royal Society Open Science

Deok-Jin Jeon

Seungmuk Ji

Eunok Lee

Jihun Kang

Jiyeong Kim

...

2023/1/11

Body size and substrate use affect ventral, but not dorsal, brightness evolution in lizards

Evolution

Jonathan Goldenberg

Federico Massetti

Liliana D’Alba

Matthew D Shawkey

2023/6/1

Biomimetic pheomelanin to unravel the electronic, molecular and supramolecular structure of the natural product

Chemical Science

Wei Cao

Haochuan Mao

Naneki C McCallum

Xuhao Zhou

Hao Sun

...

2023

Mechanism of structural colors in binary mixtures of nanoparticle-based supraballs

Science Advances

Christian M Heil

Anvay Patil

Bram Vanthournout

Saranshu Singla

Markus Bleuel

...

2023/5/26

Self-assembled melanin particles for color production

2023/3/16

Back in black: melanin-rich skin colour associated with increased net diversification rates in birds

Biology Letters

Michaël PJ Nicolaï

Raf Vanisterbecq

Matthew D Shawkey

Liliana D'Alba

2023/12/13

How woodcocks produce the most brilliant white plumage patches among the birds

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Jamie Dunning

Anvay Patil

Liliana D'Alba

Alexander L Bond

Gerben Debruyn

...

2023/3/1

Rapid and reversible humidity-dependent colour change by water film formation in a scaled springtail

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Bram Vanthournout

Frans Janssens

Gerben Debruyn

Johan Mertens

Karen De Clerck

...

2023/10/4

How the Eurasian Jay Expands its Color Palette by Optimizing Multiple Scattering (Advanced Optical Materials 4/2023)

Advanced Optical Materials

Deok‐Jin Jeon

Seungmuk Ji

Eunok Lee

Jihun Kang

Liliana D'Alba

...

2023/2

Influence of Core Type and Shell Thickness on Avian-Inspired Structural Colors Produced from Melanin Nanoparticle Assemblies

ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Saranshu Singla

Zepeng Yang

Anvay Patil

Hao Guo

Bram Vanthournout

...

2023/9/12

Bioinspired fabrication of noniridescent structurally colored cotton fabric based on polystyrene@ polycaffeic acid particles

Industrial Crops and Products

Xiaowei Zhu

Tianchen Wei

Matthew D Shawkey

Tieling Xing

Guoqiang Chen

2022/2/1

A combination of red structural and pigmentary coloration in the eyespot of a copepod

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Nicholas M Justyn

Kyle B Heine

Wendy R Hood

Jennifer A Peteya

Bram Vanthournout

...

2022/5

TA–Fe (iii) complex coated PS nanospheres for non-iridescent structural coloration of cotton fabric

Journal of Materials Chemistry C

Xiaowei Zhu

Yijiang Li

Tianchen Wei

Yichen Li

Tieling Xing

...

2022

Pterosaur melanosomes support signalling functions for early feathers

Nature

Aude Cincotta

Michaël Nicolaï

Hebert Bruno Nascimento Campos

Maria McNamara

Liliana D’Alba

...

2022/4

Hydrophobic melanin via post-synthetic modification for controlled self-assembly

ACS nano

Xuhao Zhou

Shengyi Su

Bram Vanthournout

Ziying Hu

Florencia A Son

...

2022/11/7

A synergistic combination of structural and pigmentary colour produces non-spectral colour in the purple-breasted cotinga, Cotinga cotinga (Passeriformes …

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Nicholas M Justyn

Asritha Nallapaneni

Andrew J Parnell

Alamgir Karim

Matthew D Shawkey

2022/1/1

First observation of a brood patch on a male sunbird (Chalcomitra amethystina)

Journal of Ornithology

Svana Rogalla

Michaël PJ Nicolaï

Viki Vandomme

Robin Teifel

Susana Clusella-Trullas

...

2022/4

See List of Professors in Matthew D Shawkey University(Universiteit Gent)

Co-Authors

H-index: 91
Geoffrey Hill

Geoffrey Hill

Auburn University

H-index: 58
Mark E. Hauber

Mark E. Hauber

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

H-index: 45
Jakob Vinther

Jakob Vinther

University of Bristol

H-index: 30
Liliana D'Alba

Liliana D'Alba

Universiteit Gent

H-index: 26
Lynn Siefferman

Lynn Siefferman

Appalachian State University

H-index: 19
Branislav Igic

Branislav Igic

Australian National University

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