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Nanopatterned Dual‐Carbon‐Dot Photonic Films With Enhanced Light Outcoupling

Advanced Optical Materials, EarlyView.
Nanoimprinted dual‐carbon‐dot/PVA films combine composition‐tunable blue–green emission with grating‐mediated directional light outcoupling. Water‐processable B‐CD and G‐CD composites are patterned by drying‐assisted nanoimprinting, producing angle‐selective emission peaks that follow the first‐order diffraction condition and exhibit reference ...
Gyudam Jeon, Heetae Ahn, Taeguen Kim, Na Young Ha   +3 more
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Anisotropy-free arrayed waveguide gratings on X-cut thin film lithium niobate platform of in-plane anisotropy

Light: Science & Applications
Arrayed waveguide grating is a versatile and scalable integrated light dispersion device, which has been widely adopted in various applications, including, optical communications and optical sensing.
Junjie Yi, Changjian Guo, Ziliang Ruan, Gengxin Chen, Haiqiang Wei, Liwang Lu, Shengqi Gong, Xiaofu Pan, Xiaowan Shen, Xiaowei Guan, Daoxin Dai, Kangping Zhong, Liu Liu   +12 more
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1.5 µm Emission Properties of Erbium‐Implanted Thin‐Film Lithium Niobate

Advanced Optical Materials, EarlyView.
Optically active Er3+ ions are incorporated into x‐cut lithium niobate on insulator utilising a focused ion‐beam implantation method capable of sub‐100 nm precision. The implanted regions exhibit telecom‐band emission, with a reduction in photoluminescence intensity and lifetime below 50 K, consistent with pyroelectric‐field effects in the host ...
Daniel Blight, Mason Adshead, Alessandro Prencipe, Maryam Sanaee, Katia Gallo, Richard J Curry   +5 more
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Harnessing Ultrafast Optical Pulses for 3D Microfabrication by Selective Tweezing and Immobilization of Colloidal Particles in an Integrated System

Advanced Photonics Research, Volume 6, Issue 5, May 2025.
Microfabrication using nano‐ to micron‐sized blocks has transformative potential for next‐gen electronics, optoelectronics, and materials. Traditional methods are limited by scalability and precision. STIC, a single‐laser system for precise colloid manipulation and immobilization using femtosecond lasers, is introduced that enables efficient 3D ...
Krishangi Krishna, Jieliyue Sun, Wenyu Liu, Robert H. Hurt, Kimani C. Toussaint Jr.   +4 more
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Emerging frontiers in SERS-integrated optical waveguides: advancing portable and ultra-sensitive detection for trace liquid analysis

Light: Science & Applications
Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering (SERS) integrated with optical waveguide sensing offers a transformative approach to overcoming the limitations of conventional SERS techniques, such as complex alignment requirements and limited signal collection ...
Danheng Gao, Jiahao Liu, Xiao Liu, Kang He, Zhanyu Ma, Huan Liu, Jihou Wang, Qihan Zhang, Zhaonan Huang, Meng Luo, Haoran Meng, Rui Du, Juntao Gao, Qing Wu, Xinghua Yang   +14 more
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Soft Actuators Integrated with Control and Power Units: Approaching Wireless Autonomous Soft Robots

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
Soft robots exhibit significant development potential in various applications. However, there are still key technical challenges regarding material improvement, structure design and components integration. This review focuses on the development and challenge of soft actuators, power components, and control components in untethered intelligent soft ...
Renwu Shi, Feifei Pan, Xiaobin Ji
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Waveguide Photoactuators: Materials, Fabrication, and Applications

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
Waveguide photoactuators convert guided light into mechanical motion. Their tethered‐flexible design enables minimally invasive surgery and confined‐space robotics. This review aims to guide materials selection, device design, and system integration, accelerating the transition of waveguide photoactuators from laboratory prototypes to versatile ...
Minjie Xi, Hemin Pan, Yang Zong, Yongfeng Mei, Jizhai Cui   +4 more
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Hybrid Continuum Robot Designs and Architectures for Healthcare Applications

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
Hybrid continuum robots represent an emerging class of flexible manipulators that blend materials, structures, and actuation concepts from the established fields of soft and continuum robotics. This review introduces an accessible framework to distinguish key hybridization approaches, surveys current designs aimed at complex clinical applications, and ...
Burak Ozdemir, Muhammad A. Khalid, Manish Chauhan, Pietro Valdastri, James H. Chandler   +4 more
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Cross‐Scale Hierarchical Targeted Delivery System Based on Small‐Scale Magnetic Robots

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
This article reviews a cross‐scale hierarchical targeted delivery system that integrates magnetic continuum robots and magnetic microrobots. By combining rapid long‐range navigation with precise microscale targeting, the system overcomes key limitations of single‐scale approaches.
Junjian Zhou, Zhiqiang Chen, Yuanbiao Ma, Zhiqiang Tang, Qianqian Wang   +4 more
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Subwavelength grating-assisted silicon nitride edge coupler with relaxed alignment tolerance

Scientific Reports
We propose and realize a silicon nitride (SiN) edge coupler with enhanced alignment tolerance, achieved through the integration of a subwavelength grating (SWG) structure. The incident optical mode is guided from the SWG tri-tip to the main waveguide via
Yoon-Ho Sunwoo, Woo-Bin Lee, Yun-Jae Kwon, Chul-Soon Im, Ji-Yeong Gwon, Min-Cheol Oh, Sang-Shin Lee   +6 more
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