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Suspended-core fibers for sensing applications [PDF]

, 2012
A brief review on suspended-core fibers for sensing applications is presented. A historical overview over the previous ten years about this special designed microstructure optical fiber is described.
Ferreira, Marta S., Frazão, Orlando, Lobo Ribeiro, Antonio B., Santos, José L., Silva, Ricardo M.   +4 more
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Design Strategies and Emerging Applications of High‐Performance Flexible Piezoresistive Pressure Sensors

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Flexible piezoresistive pressure sensors underpin wearable and soft electronics. This review links sensing physics, including contact resistance modulation, quantum tunneling and percolation, to unified materials/structure design. We highlight composite and graded architectures, interfacial/porous engineering, and microstructured 3D conductive networks
Feng Luo, Artur Ciesielski, Paolo Samorì   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Silicified Wood‐Inspired, High‐Strength Fire‐Resistant Chitin‐Based Aerogels for Sustainable High‐Temperature Thermal Insulation

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Inspired by natural silicified wood, a biomimetic mineralized chitin‐derived aerogel is constructed. It can withstand 81 000 times its own weight, and its backside temperature is 130.4°C after exposure to ∼1300°C butane flame for 600 s, exhibiting high‐strength, fire‐resistance, and super thermal‐insulation properties.
Kai Xu, Qihang Lv, Lubin Liu, Zhezhe Zhou, Chentao Yan, Ao Qin, Jianting Ma, Shuhui Liang, Yue Xu, Min Hong, Bin Li, Pingan Song   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Coating Artificial Spider Silk Fiber with Magnetic FeCo: An Effective Strategy for Creating a Flexible Magneto‐Responsive Material

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
An original method is presented for producing artificial spider silk fibers with magnetic and magnetomechanical responsiveness, which consists in coating them with a nanometer‐thick layer of FeCo alloy by sputtering deposition. The challenge of combining organic materials and inorganic magnetic nanostructures is addressed, thus taking a step forward ...
Filippo Lanaro, Federico Spizzo, Gabriele Greco, Benjamin Schmuck, Anna Rising, Lucia Del Bianco   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Laser‐Assisted Processing and Modification of Bioactive Glasses: A Review

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
Laser technologies provide powerful tools to process and transform bioactive glasses for advanced biomedical applications. This review discusses laser‐matter interaction mechanisms, laser surface engineering, and laser‐assisted fabrication of scaffolds and nanofibers.
Antonio Riveiro, Mario González‐Quintas, Mónica Fernández‐Arias, Jesús del Val, Félix Quintero, Rafael Comesaña, Fernando Lusquiños, Julian R. Jones, Juan Pou   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Thermo-tunable hybrid photonic crystal fiber based on solution-processed chalcogenide glass nanolayers [PDF]

, 2016
The possibility to combine silica photonic crystal fiber (PCF) as low-loss platform with advanced functional materials, offers an enormous range of choices for the development of fiber-based tunable devices.
Markos, Christos
core   +1 more source

Optoelectrical Devices for Neural Interfacing: Engineering Integration, Stability, and Multimodal Sensing

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
Implantable optoelectrical devices are an effective resource for the modulation and monitoring of neural activity with high spatiotemporal resolution. This review discusses current challenges faced by these devices and outlines future perspectives for the development of next‐generation neural interfaces targeting chronic, multisite, and multimodal ...
Stella Aslanoglou, Barbara Spagnolo, Antonio Balena, Massimo De Vittorio, Ferruccio Pisanello   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

An optical fiber tip micrograting thermometer

, 2011
An ~12 µm long Bragg grating was engraved in an ~5 µm diameter optical fiber tip by focused ion beam (FIB) milling. An ~10-dB extinction was achieved at 1570 nm with only 11 indentations.
Ding, Ming, Feng, Jing, Kou, Jun-Long, Lu, Yan-Qing, Xu, Fei   +4 more
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A Modular Bioinstructive Platform Reveals Mechanistic Insights into Additive‐Free, Topography‐Driven Osteogenesis

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
Engineered microparticle topographies direct human mesenchymal stem cell osteogenesis without biochemical additives. This osteogenic commitment is driven by canonical Hedgehog signaling and followed by temporal IGF‐II engagement. Two‐photon polymerization demonstrates spatial control, enabling the engineering of topographical gradients that pattern ...
Fatmah I. Ghuloum, Leo A. H. Zeef, Lee A. Stevens, Marco A. N. Domingos, Susan J. Kimber, Mahetab H. Amer   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Smart Face Masks as Wearable Respiratory Sensors: A Review of Sensor Technologies, Materials, and Future Directions

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
This review highlights recent advances in smart face masks that actively monitor breathing. By integrating humidity, gas, temperature, pressure, strain, and triboelectric sensors, these masks track key respiratory parameters in real time. The article summarizes sensor mechanisms, compares performance across studies, and discusses challenges and future ...
Negin Faramarzi, Naseeh Backer Kannanthodi, Alice Nicole Casling, Babar Ali, Samira Lakouraj Mansouri, Alessandro Giuseppe D'aloia, Hossein Cheraghi Bidsorkhi, Maria Sabrina Sarto   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source