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, 2011 Lasers find a wide range of applications in many areas including photo-biology, photo-chemistry, materials processing, imaging and telecommunications. However, the practical use of such sources is often limited by the bulky nature of existing systems.
Bain, Fiona Mair
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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 +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 +4 more
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Integrated microlenses and multimode interference devices for microflow cytometers
, 2010 The convergence of microfabrication technologies, novel materials systems, and techniques for chemical and biochemical analysis is enabling the realisation of lab-on-a-chip technology.
Hunt, Hamish C, Hunt, Hamish C.
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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 +4 more
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Integrated photonics multi-waveguide devices for optical trapping and Raman spectroscopy: design, fabrication and performance demonstration. [PDF]
Beilstein J Nanotechnol, 2020 Loozen GB +4 more
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Wide Band Gap SemiconductorOptical Waveguide
, 2006 This dissertation involves the design, fabrication and characterization of wide band gap semiconductor optical waveguide devices. Prism coupling was used as the primary characterization method to obtain design parameters of the refractive index and ...
Cai, Ailing
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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 +4 more
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Optical waveguide devices for bioanalysis [PDF]
2010 International Conference on Optical MEMS and Nanophotonics, 2010 Integrated optical waveguides offer great potential as versatile platforms for constructing advanced biosensors, optical cell-sorters and integrated optofluidic systems, exploiting the technological approaches of microelectronics and guided-wave optics to realise low-cost on-chip systems.
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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
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