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Advances in Sustainable and Wearable Textile Based Soft Robotics

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
This Review examines advances in wearable textile‐based soft robotics, focusing on sustainable materials, integrated sensing, and scalable actuation. It discusses manufacturing and system integration across healthcare, assistive robotics, prosthetics, and human–machine interfaces, and highlights key challenges in circular design, including life‐cycle ...
Zahir Abbas, Marzia Dulal, Sophia K. Novoselov, Victoria K. Novoselov, Kostya S. Novoselov, Shaila Afroj, Nazmul Karim   +6 more
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Ultra-high birefringence in dual semi-circular core circular-cladding holey fiber for polarization maintaining applications

Discover Applied Sciences
Holey Fibers have attracted considerable attention due to their capacity to customize optical properties, leading to advancements in a variety of fields such as telecommunications, sensing, and laser systems.
Amit Halder, Muhammad Ahsan, Md. Riyad Tanshen   +2 more
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The Structural Defects and Optical Performance of Polarization-Maintaining Hollow-Core Photonic Bandgap fiber

IEEE Photonics Journal, 2023
Hollow core photonic bandgap fiber (HC-PBGF) has potential in the application of fiber optics gyroscopes (FOGs) for its properties of low nonlinearity, and excellent environmental adaptability.
Lidong Wang, Meisong Liao, Fei Yu, Liang Chen, Yazhou Wang, Dakun Wu, Tianxing Wang, Lili Hu, Weiqing Gao   +8 more
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Structure‐Guided Dynamical Mechanics in Bioinspired Double Twisted Laminated Thin Films

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
This work explores a dynamic mechanistic study of crack propagation and puncture testing via real‐time monitoring of crack initiation, propagation, and termination through nature‐inspired single and double twisted architectures fabricated from cellulose nanocrystals.
Justin Brackenridge, Olivia Harper, Jaejun Lee, Sergio Gonzalez‐Munoz, Vladimir V. Tsukruk   +4 more
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A simple all-fiber comb filter based on the combined effect of multimode interference and Mach-Zehnder interferometer

Scientific Reports, 2018
A polarization-dependent all-fiber comb filter based on a combination effect of multimode interference and Mach-Zehnder interferometer was proposed and demonstrated.
Guorui Zhou, Rahul Kumar, Qiang Wu, Wai Pang Ng, Richard Binns, Nageswara Lalam, Xinxiang Miao, Longfei Niu, Xiaodong Yuan, Yuliya Semenova, Gerald Farrell, Jinhui Yuan, Chongxiu Yu, Xinzhu Sang, Xiangjun Xin, Bo Liu, Haibing Lv, Yong Qing Fu   +17 more
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Two high-order superfine comb filters based on HiBi Fiber Ring

上海师范大学学报. 自然科学版, 2017
Considering optical filter based on HiBi fiber generally has one input and one output with the fixed interval of the wavelength,this paper designs two new tunable high-order superfine comb filters based on HiBi fiber Sagnac ring.They have the particular ...
Tian Jiayang, Wu Xiangnong
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All-polarization-maintaining fiber optical frequency comb for the dispersion measurement of a microcavity

Frontiers in Physics, 2022
In this research, we demonstrate an optical frequency comb (OFC) based on a figure-9 laser and polarization-maintaining fibers to measure the dispersion of a microcavity. We adopt a multi-branch structure to obtain a broadband spectrum from 1,250 nm to 1,
Zhang Yanyan, Zhang Pan, Li Mingkun, Song Jiazheng, Chen Faxi, Li Libo, Li Xuelong, Liu Yuanshan   +7 more
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Structural Power Composites Based on High Mass Loading Zn‐Ion Hybrid Supercapacitors with Metal Mesh Current Collectors and Aramid Nanofiber/Glass Fiber Composite Electrolytes

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
A multifunctional structural power composite is developed by integrating high‐mass‐loading Zn‐ion hybrid supercapacitors with metal mesh current collectors and aramid nanofiber‐based composite electrolytes, enabling simultaneous load‐bearing capability and enhanced areal energy storage.
Yuseung Choi, Gilyong Shin, Hoyeon Lee, Eun Jae Nam, Byeong Jun So, Sungryul Yun, Fu‐Kuo Chang, Jei Gyeong Jeon, Tae June Kang   +8 more
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Compact Surface Plasmon Resonance IgG Sensor Based on H-Shaped Optical Fiber

Biosensors, 2022
A compact surface plasmon resonance sensor based on an H-shaped optical fiber is proposed and demonstrated. The H-shaped optical fiber was fabricated experimentally by using hydrofluoric acid to controllably corrode the polarization-maintaining fiber.
Yijian Huang, Ying Wang, Gaixia Xu, Xing Rao, Jiaxiong Zhang, Xun Wu, Changrui Liao, Yiping Wang   +7 more
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Programmable Soft Actuator with Multi‐Responsiveness Based on Conductive MOF‐Liquid Crystal Polymer Composite

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
A sequential dual‐alignment strategy independently programs the orientation of conductive metal‐organic framework (c‐MOF) microrods and liquid crystals within a composite film. This approach creates an asymmetric bilayer structure that enables precise, multi‐responsive actuation.
Taegyun Hong, Geunho Kim, Changjae Lee, Sarang Lee, Jesse G. Park, Dong Ki Yoon   +5 more
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