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Design, fabrication, and characterization of microstructured polymer optical fibers [PDF]

CLEO/Pacific Rim 2003. The 5th Pacific Rim Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (IEEE Cat. No.03TH8671), 2004
Fabrication and characterization of microstructured polymer optical fibers (MPOFs) are presented. The effects of drawing temperature and heating time during the fabrication processes are studied. The fibers exhibit single-mode characteristics as predicted by numerical simulation.
Huang, C.W., Ho, M.C., Chien, H.H., Ma, K.J., Zheng, Z.P., Yu, C.P., Chang, H.C., Yang, C.C.   +7 more
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Auto‐Generated Valence States in Electrocatalysts for Boosting Oxygen and Hydrogen Evolution Kinetics in Alkaline Water/Alkaline Seawater/Simulated Seawater/Natural Seawater

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
This review systematically highlights the latest achievements in mixed‐valence states relevant to hydrogen and oxygen evolution reactions, providing essential insights into future directions and methods for large‐scale practical implementation. This critical review is expected to provide an overview of recent advancements in diverse valence‐state metal
Jitendra N. Tiwari, Gokul Bhaskaran, Krishan Kumar, Yun Suk Huh, Young‐Kyu Han   +4 more
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Sinusoidal shaped hollow fibers for enhanced mass transfer

, 2017
Inducing secondary flows and vortices is known to enhance mass transport. They can be imposed by structured flow channels for instance. In particular, these vortices reduce fouling and concentration polarization.
Breisig, Hans, Luelf, Tobias, Tepper, Maik, Wessling, Matthias   +3 more
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Mechanoregulatory Effects of Cell‐Scale Microwells on Epithelial Cell Phenotype

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
In small polycaprolactone microwells, A549 epithelial cells span well edges, in contrast to cells growing on flat substrates. Focal adhesion sites (yellow) concentrate at topographic boundaries, while cytoskeletal tension (magenta stress fibers) is transmitted to the nucleus (blue), reducing nuclear sphericity.
Ruiwen He, Wang Sik Lee, Phattadon Yajan, Aaron Lee, Mauro Sousa de Almeida, Sandeep Keshavan, Jozef Adamcik, Céline Loussert‐Fonta, Dimitri Vanhecke, Barbara Rothen‐Rutishauser, Alke Petri‐Fink   +10 more
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Actuating and Sensing Composites of Liquid Crystal Elastomers and Poly(ionic liquid)s

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Ionic conductive, mechanically tough, flexible, and stretchable filaments of a composite material comprising a liquid crystal elastomer and a poly(ionic liquid) are produced through 3D printing, which exhibit large actuation strain under stimulation and electrical resistance variation in response to deformation or environmental condition changes. Their
Zeping Liu, Xiaofeng Zheng, Shaoxia Zhang, Long Xu, Meng Liu, Jeremy Baribeault St‐Germain, Yue Zhao   +6 more
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Understanding the Role of Superhydrophobicity and Superhydrophilicity in Salt‐Spray Corrosion of Nanosecond Pulsed Laser‐Textured AA2024 Alloy

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Nanosecond pulse laser texturing yields superhydrophobic and superhydrophilic AA2024 surfaces. Salt‐spray tests show that periodic superhydrophobic patterns suppress pitting, whereas superhydrophilic textures enhance it, linking laser‐induced morphology, wettability, and oxide chemistry to corrosion resistance.
Lis Geraldine Zschach, Robert Baumann, Eric Pohl, Angelika Wrzesińska‐Lashkova, Marcelo Sallese, Ignacio Tabares, Herman Heffner, Yana Vaynzof, Andrés Fabián Lasagni   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Fabrication of Pyridinic Nitrogen‐Functionalized Carbon Cloth for High‐Performance Iron‐Chromium Flow Batteries

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
The carbon cloth electrode with targeted pyridinic nitrogen doping, achieved via urea pyrolysis, effectively modulates the adsorption of Cr(II) species and enhances electron transfer, leading to significantly improved kinetics of the Cr(II)/Cr(III) reaction. The material demonstrates a high discharge capacity of 689.3 mAh and an energy efficiency of 72.
Jinfeng Yi, Senwei Zeng, Runfa Zhao, Guangfu Wu, Zhi Liu, Tianhang Zhou, Chunming Xu, Jia Guo, Quan Xu, Yingchun Niu   +9 more
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Amyloidogenic Peptide Fragments Designed From Bacterial Collagen‐like Proteins Form Hydrogel

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
This study identified amyloidogenic sequence motifs in bacterial collagen‐like proteins and exploited these to design peptides that self‐assemble into β‐sheet fibers and form hydrogels. One hydrogel supported healthy fibroblast growth, showing promise for biocompatible materials. Our work demonstrates that bacterial sequences can be harnessed to create
Vamika Sagar, Xuen J Ng, Lukas Lechel, Ashish Chand Rajwar, Hendrik Bargel, Abhishek A. Jalan   +5 more
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Design of a Polymer-Based Hollow-Core Bandgap Fiber for Low-Loss Terahertz Transmission [PDF]

, 2016
We use numerical simulations to design a hollowcore microstructured polymer optical fiber (HC-mPOF) suitable for broadband, terahertz (THz) pulse transmission with relatively low losses and small dispersion.
Agrawal, G. P., Barh, A., Pal, B. P., Rahman, B. M., Varshney, R. K.   +4 more
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Speckle‐Engineered Upconversion Amplification in Nanoemulsion‐Templated Hydrogel Microdomes

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Nanoemulsion‐confined PEGDA microdomes generate speckle‐like excitation fields that strongly amplify upconversion luminescence upon dehydration, enabling filter‐free visible readout with reversible on–off switching. DMD‐based lithography yields scalable, shape‐programmable arrays for moisture‐responsive displays and optical encryption.
Chaeyeong Ryu, Byungcheon Yoo, Seunghun Lee, Hyungyo Jeong, Sanggyun Jeong, Heesu Cho, Jongwon Oh, Dahye Baek, Jongkyu Kim, Yubin Lee, Eunsu Gu, Dong‐Hwan Kim, Jung‐Hoon Park, Jiseok Lee   +13 more
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