Contractile dielectric elastomer actuators with embedded active and passive structured fibers

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Contractile dielectric elastomer actuators with embedded active and passive structured fibers

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Development and validation of a dielectric-elastomer-based artificial urinary sphincter

Thermally-Drawn Multi-Electrode Fibers for Bipolar Electrochemistry and Magnified Electrochemical Imaging

Fiber fuse in chalcogenide photonic crystal fibers

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Confocal microscopy via multimode fibers: fluorescence bandwidth

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