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Graphene remains one of the most studied materials due to its unique physical properties and two-dimensional structure. The article examines the current state of the graphene market, which is growing at a rapid pace, wit...

Transparent brittle materials such as glass and sapphire are widely concerned and applied in consumer electronics, optoelectronic devices, etc. due to their excellent physical and chemical stability and good transparency...

A recent application of a simple, all-dry, abrasive transfer of 2D materials on paper demonstrates the potential of two-dimensional tungsten disulfide (WS2) as the sensitive material of a flexible photoconductive detecto...

Programmable multifunctional integrated nanophotonics (PMIN) is a new paradigm that aims at designing common integrated optical hardware configurations, which by suitable programming can implement a variety of functional...

Flexible and wearable humidity sensors play a vital role in daily point-of-care diagnosis and noncontact human-machine interactions. However, achieving a facile and high-speed fabrication approach to realizing flexible h...

Subjects / keywords: materials science, flexible electronics, chemistry, biology, physics; Technology: Technology (General); Technology: Chemical technology; Technology: Electrical engineering. Electronics. Nuclear engineering: Electric appa...

Subjects / keywords: nanotechnology, precision engineering, micro/nano devices, flexible electronics, nanoscale fabrication, advanced materials; Technology: Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)

Metasurfaces have recently gained significant attention due to the strong capacity in light field manipulation. However, most traditional metasurfaces are fabricated on rigid substrates, which fix their functionality aft...

This article reviews the most recent advances in the development of flexible substrates used as surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) platforms for detecting several hazardous materials (e.g., explosives, pesticides, ...

Photoacoustic imaging (PAI) is a noninvasive biomedical imaging technology capable of multiscale imaging of biological samples from organs down to cells. Multiscale PAI requires different ultrasound transducers that are ...

Mobile Edge Computing (MEC) brings computation close to end-users to support latency-sensitive applications, such as tele-manipulation and autonomous driving. While Network Function Virtualization (NFV) facilitates the d...

A simple and low-cost spectrum sliced microwave photonic filter with high tunability has been implemented. This is based on use of two Fabry-Pérot filters with same free spectral range connected in parallel but one filt...

Self-accelerating beams have the unusual ability to remain diffraction-free while undergo the transverse shift during the free-space propagation. We theoretically identify that the transverse optical field distribution o...

As the core component of the electromagnetic force compensation weight detector, the force measurement sensitivity of the integrated flexible hinge sensor directly determines the resolution of the electromagnetic force c...

Functional materials with high viscosity and solid materials have received more and more attentions in flexible pressure sensors, which are inadequate in the most used molding method. Herein, laser direct writing (LDW) m...

Disposable devices designed for single and/or multiple reliable measurements over a short duration have attracted considerable interest recently. However, these devices often use non-recyclable and non-biodegradable mate...

Abstract In this study, we developed a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) sensor to monitor respiratory rates. The sensor utilizes a passive RFID tag enhanced with a metamaterial-inspired structure to boost its maximu...

Flexible optical sensors have been an emerging paradigm for applications in robotics, healthcare, and human–machine interfaces due to their high sensitivity, fast response, and anti-electromagnetic interference. Recent...

The fabrication of novel bioelectrodes using electrospun nanofibers and a prototype for a sustainable triboelectric nanogenerator (TENG) is explored in this study. Poly(lactic acid-caprolactone) (PLCL) was electrospun as...

This paper presents the development of a bioinspired multifunctional flexible optical sensor (BioMFOS) as an ultrasensitive tool for force (intensity and location) and orientation sensing. The sensor structure is bioinsp...

Abstract Elastic optical networks (EONs) have been pointed out as a promising candidate for transporting data with high transmission rates in adaptive optical networks. Consequently, the occurrence of a failure in a simp...

A mixture of polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) doped with phosphor particles can be found across diverse industries having different applications. This mixture plays a particularly important role in the field of lighting, whit...

This work presents and analyzes experimental-based subsystem models for Erbium doped fiber amplifiers (EDFAs) and wavelength selective switches (WSSs) under operation in a metropolitan optical network testbed. Firstly, t...

This work presents and analyzes experimental-based subsystem models for Erbium doped fiber amplifiers (EDFAs) and wavelength selective switches (WSSs) under operation in a metropolitan optical network testbed. Firstly, t...