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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
wiley   +1 more source

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
wiley   +1 more source

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
wiley   +1 more source

A Low‐Cost, Handheld Optical Stiffness Sensor for Minimally Invasive Surgery

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
A novel handheld stiffness sensor is presented for real‐time tissue stiffness characterization. By simultaneously sensing contact force and tissue deformation, the device enables accurate stiffness quantification without requiring precise manual control. This approach offers a promising solution for intraoperative tumor detection and minimally invasive
Qianyu Ma, Ruxiang Jiang, Kaspar Althoefer, Nicolas Herzig, Hareesh Godaba   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Study of Free‐Space Optical Quantum Network: Review and Prospectives

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Free from the constraints of fiber connections, free‐space quantum network enables longer and more flexible quantum network connections. This review summarizes and comparatively analyzes free‐space quantum network experiments based on ground stations, satellites, and mobile platforms.
Hua‐Ying Liu, Zhenda Xie, Shining Zhu
wiley   +1 more source

A Novel Approach to Realize Plasmonic Sensors via Multimode Optical Waveguides: A Review. [PDF]

Sensors (Basel), 2023
Arcadio F, Del Prete D, Zeni L, Cennamo N.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Pulsed laser deposition and characterisation of rare earth doped glass-polymer optical materials [PDF]

, 2012
Tellurite glass is well known for its excellent optical properties in the application of optical fiber and planar waveguide devices, particularly for optical amplifiers. This thesis is focused on the design, fabrication and characterisation of tellurite
Zhao, Zhanxiang
core  

Innovative optical and electronic interconnect printed circuit board manufacturing research

, 2008
An overview of the £1.3 million EPSRC and company matched funded Innovative electronics Manufacturing Research Centre (IeMRC) Flagship project between 3 UK universities and 10 companies entitled "Integrated Optical and Electronic Interconnect PCB ...
H. Baghsiahi, F.A. Fernandez, Selviah, D.R., Milward, D., Suyal, H., D.A. Hutt, A. McCarthy, S.S. Zakariyah, Walker, A.C., J. Chappell, Anibal Fernandez, F., I. Papakonstantinou, Chappell, J., Hutt, David A., Hutt, D.A., Fernández, A., Conway, P.P., McCarthy, A., Selviah, David R., D.R. Selviah, Zakariyah, S.S., P.P. Conway, Walker, Andy C., Papakonstantinou, I., Fernández, F. A., Chappell, John, Suyal, Himanshu, Conway, Paul P., Milward, Dave, McCarthy, Aongus, Wang, K., Zakariyah, Shefiu S., Papakonstantinou, Ioannis, Baghsiahi, Hadi, A.C. Walker, Wang, Kai, Baghsiahi, H., K. Wang, H. Suyal, D. Milward   +39 more
core   +1 more source

High‐Power Terahertz Emission from Picosecond Nano‐Plasma Switching Driven by Secondary Electron Emission Avalanche

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
A nano‐plasma device enables watt‐level on‐chip THz generation through picosecond switching triggered by secondary electron emission avalanche. An ultra‐dense electron sheet initiates nano‐plasma formation within a ∼100 nm gap, driving rapid energy release into an integrated resonator.
Guangyu Sun, Mohammad Rezaei, Yuheng Hu, Guan‐Jun Zhang, Elison Matioli   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source