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The field of hybrid optical fibers is one of the most active research areas in current fiber optics and has the vision of integrating sophisticated materials inside fibers, which are not traditionally used in fiber optics. Novel in‐fiber devices with uniqu ...

Liquid metals based on gallium have attracted considerable attention for soft and bioelectronics, thanks to their excellent combination of stretchability and conductivity. Nevertheless, owing to their large surface tension, these materials are notoriously ...

The preform-to-fiber thermal drawing process has been recently proposed for the fabrication of fibers and microchannels with submicrometer surface textures. To better control the final architecture and reach small feature size down to tens of nanometers ho ...

Selenium (Se) nanowires have generated much interest both for the fundamental understanding of crystal formation and growth and for technological applications in optoelectronics, imaging, piezoelectricity, catalysis, and energy harvesting and storage. Seve ...

Stimuli-responsive polymers offer unprecedented control over drug release in implantable delivery systems. Shape memory polymer fibers (SMPFs), with their large specific surface area and programmable properties, present promising alternatives for triggerab ...

he recent ability to integrate semiconductor-based optoelectronic functionalities within thin fibers is opening intriguing opportunities for flexible electronics and advanced textiles. The scalable integration of high-quality semiconducting devices within ...

The development of multimaterial and multifunctional optical fibers is opening exciting opportunities in photonic and optoelectronic devices, optical probes, diagnosis and surgical tools, as well as advanced fibers and textiles. It also constitutes a rich ...

When a liquid film lies on a nonwettable substrate, the configuration is unstable, and the film spontaneously ruptures to form droplets. This phenomenon, known as dewetting, commonly leads to undesirable morphological changes. Nevertheless, recent works, c ...

A robust power device for wearable technologies and soft electronics must feature good encapsulation, high deformability, and reliable electrical outputs. Despite substantial progress in materials and architectures for two-dimensional (2D) planar power con ...

Despite the significant advantages of Shape Memory Polymers (SMPs), material processing and production challenges have limited their applications. Recent advances in fiber manufacturing offer a novel approach to processing polymers, broadening the function ...

The thermal drawing of a uniform capillary-like fiber that integrates an encapsulated microchannel and an embedded capacitor system within a polymeric cladding is demonstrated. Such a fiber construct has versatile functionalities applicable to microfluidic ...

Dielectric metasurfaces have shown prominent applications in nonlinear optics due to strong field enhancement and low dissipation losses at the nanoscale. Chalcogenide glasses are one of the promising materials for the observation of nonlinear effects than ...

A method of manufacturing a fibre comprising a lined channel, using a draw apparatus, the method comprising: providing a preform, comprising a channel extending through the preform, to the draw apparatus; feeding a liner into the channel; heating a portion ...

One aspect of the present invention relates to a method of fabricating a chemically active fibre device (1) by thermal drawing. The method comprises the steps of providing a preform, the preform comprising a support element (3) at least partially made of a ...

Modern devices require the tuning of the size, shape and spatial arrangement of nano-objects and their assemblies with nanometre-scale precision, over large-area and sometimes soft substrates. Such stringent requirements are beyond the reach of conventiona ...

Long and flexible arrays of nanowires find impactful applications in sensing, photonics, and energy harvesting. Conventional manufacturing relies largely on lithographic methods limited in wafer size, rigidity, and machine write time. Here, we report a sca ...

The method for drawing a fiber with a textured surface comprises the following steps: - forming of a preform from which the fiber is to be drawn with a textured surface; - addition of an outer layer to the textured preform to preserve the shape of the text ...

The integration of semiconducting materials within thermally drawn multi-material polymer fibers is emerging as a versatile platform for flexible optoelectronics and advanced fabrics. Developing a deeper control over the microstructure of the electrically ...

Monitoring fiber reinforced polymer composites (FRPC) during their production and operation is becoming crucial to track the performance of the final parts and optimize the overall life cycle. The challenges associated with integrating multifunctional sens ...

Untethered liquid crystal elastomer (LCE) fiber actuators are promising candidates for soft actuators due to their analogies to biological muscles. However, most LCE fiber actuators are difficult to (re)program and primarily only work in air, which signifi ...

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Hybrid Optical Fibers – An Innovative Platform for In‐Fiber Photonic Devices

Nanoscale Controlled Oxidation of Liquid Metals for Stretchable Electronics and Photonics

Insights into the fabrication of sub-100 nm textured thermally drawn fibers

Direct Synthesis of Selenium Nanowire Mesh on a Solid Substrate and Insights into Ultrafast Photocarrier Dynamics

Multimaterial Shape Memory Polymer Fibers for Advanced Drug Release Applications

Semiconducting Nanowire-Based Optoelectronic Fibers

Feature issue introduction: Multimaterial and Multifunctional Optical Fibers

Prediction of Self-Assembled Dewetted Nanostructures for Photonics Applications via a Continuum-Mechanics Framework

3D stretchable and self-encapsulated multimaterial triboelectric fibers

Thermally Drawn Shape and Stiffness Programmable Fibers for Medical Devices

Microstructured Multimaterial Fibers for Microfluidic Sensing

Second harmonic generation in glass-based metasurfaces using tailored surface lattice resonances

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Thermally drawn chemically active fibre device and a method of fabrication thereof

Self-assembly of nanostructured glass metasurfaces via templated fluid instabilities

Controlled filamentation instability as a scalable fabrication approach to flexible metamaterials

Fabrication method of functional micro/nano structures over large-area, flexible and high curvature surfaces, by drawing a fiber from a preform

Microstructure tailoring of selenium-core multimaterial optoelectronic fibers

Functionalized Fiber Reinforced Composites via Thermally Drawn Multifunctional Fiber Sensors

Melt-extruded light-responsive amphibious liquid crystal elastomer fibers with reprogrammable actuation modes