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Strutynski C, Voivenel R, Evrard M, Désévédavy F, Gadret G, Jules JC, Brachais CH, Smektala F. Co-drawing of technical and high-performance thermoplastics with glasses via the molten core method. Sci Rep 2023; 13:5092. [PMID: 36991075 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-32174-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2022] [Accepted: 03/23/2023] [Indexed: 03/31/2023] Open
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Among the different fundamental aspects that govern the design and development of elongated multimaterial structures via the preform-to-fiber technique, material association methodologies hold a crucial role. They greatly impact the number, complexity and possible combinations of functions that can be integrated within single fibers, thus defining their applicability. In this work, a co-drawing strategy to produce monofilament microfibers from unique glass-polymer associations is investigated. In particular, the molten core-method (MCM) is applied to several amorphous and semi-crystalline thermoplastics for their integration within larger glass architectures. General conditions in which the MCM can be employed are established. It is demonstrated that the classical glass transition temperature compatibility requirements for glass-polymer associations can be overcome, and that other glass compositions than chalcogenides can be thermally stretched with thermoplastics, here oxide glasses are considered. Composite fibers with various geometries and compositional profiles are then presented to illustrate the versatility of the proposed methodology. Finally, investigations are focused on fibers produced from the association of poly ether ether ketone (PEEK) with tellurite and phosphate glasses. It is demonstrated that upon appropriate elongation conditions, the crystallization kinetics of PEEK can be controlled during the thermal stretching and crystallinities of the polymer as low as 9 mass. % are reached in the final fiber. It is believed such novel material associations as well as the ability to tailor material properties within fibers could inspire the development of a new class of hybrid elongated objects with unprecedented functionalities.
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- Clément Strutynski
- Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire Carnot de Bourgogne, UMR 6303, CNRS-Université de Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, 9 Avenue Alain Savary, 21078, Dijon, France.
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- Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire Carnot de Bourgogne, UMR 6303, CNRS-Université de Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, 9 Avenue Alain Savary, 21078, Dijon, France
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- Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire Carnot de Bourgogne, UMR 6303, CNRS-Université de Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, 9 Avenue Alain Savary, 21078, Dijon, France
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- Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire Carnot de Bourgogne, UMR 6303, CNRS-Université de Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, 9 Avenue Alain Savary, 21078, Dijon, France
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- Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire Carnot de Bourgogne, UMR 6303, CNRS-Université de Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, 9 Avenue Alain Savary, 21078, Dijon, France
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- Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire Carnot de Bourgogne, UMR 6303, CNRS-Université de Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, 9 Avenue Alain Savary, 21078, Dijon, France
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- Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire Carnot de Bourgogne, UMR 6303, CNRS-Université de Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, 9 Avenue Alain Savary, 21078, Dijon, France
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- Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire Carnot de Bourgogne, UMR 6303, CNRS-Université de Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, 9 Avenue Alain Savary, 21078, Dijon, France
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Chen X, Cao H, He Y, Zhou Q, Li Z, Wang W, He Y, Tao G, Hou C. Advanced functional nanofibers: strategies to improve performance and expand functions. FRONTIERS OF OPTOELECTRONICS 2022; 15:50. [PMID: 36567731 PMCID: PMC9761053 DOI: 10.1007/s12200-022-00051-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2022] [Accepted: 09/06/2022] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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Nanofibers have a wide range of applications in many fields such as energy generation and storage, environmental sensing and treatment, biomedical and health, thanks to their large specific surface area, excellent flexibility, and superior mechanical properties. With the expansion of application fields and the upgrade of application requirements, there is an inevitable trend of improving the performance and functions of nanofibers. Over the past few decades, numerous studies have demonstrated how nanofibers can be adapted to more complex needs through modifications of their structures, materials, and assembly. Thus, it is necessary to systematically review the field of nanofibers in which new ideas and technologies are emerging. Here we summarize the recent advanced strategies to improve the performances and expand the functions of nanofibers. We first introduce the common methods of preparing nanofibers, then summarize the advances in the field of nanofibers, especially up-to-date strategies for further enhancing their functionalities. We classify these strategies into three categories: design of nanofiber structures, tuning of nanofiber materials, and improvement of nanofibers assemblies. Finally, the optimization methods, materials, application areas, and fabrication methods are summarized, and existing challenges and future research directions are discussed. We hope this review can provide useful guidance for subsequent related work. Graphical abstract
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- Xinyu Chen
- School of Optical and Electronic Information, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430074 China
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- School of Optical and Electronic Information, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430074 China
- Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 02139 USA
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- School of Optical and Electronic Information, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430074 China
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- School of Optical and Electronic Information, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430074 China
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- School of Optical and Electronic Information, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430074 China
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- School of Optical and Electronic Information, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430074 China
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- School of Optical and Electronic Information, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430074 China
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- Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430074 China
- State Key Laboratory of Materials Processing and Die and Mould Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430074 China
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- School of Optical and Electronic Information, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430074 China
- Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430074 China
- Research Institute of Huazhong University of Science and Technology in Shenzhen, Shenzhen, 518063 China
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Wang D, Kuzma ML, Tan X, He TC, Dong C, Liu Z, Yang J. Phototherapy and optical waveguides for the treatment of infection. Adv Drug Deliv Rev 2021; 179:114036. [PMID: 34740763 PMCID: PMC8665112 DOI: 10.1016/j.addr.2021.114036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2021] [Revised: 10/11/2021] [Accepted: 10/28/2021] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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With rapid emergence of multi-drug resistant microbes, it is imperative to seek alternative means for infection control. Optical waveguides are an auspicious delivery method for precise administration of phototherapy. Studies have shown that phototherapy is promising in fighting against a myriad of infectious pathogens (i.e. viruses, bacteria, fungi, and protozoa) including biofilm-forming species and drug-resistant strains while evading treatment resistance. When administered via optical waveguides, phototherapy can treat both superficial and deep-tissue infections while minimizing off-site effects that afflict conventional phototherapy and pharmacotherapy. Despite great therapeutic potential, exact mechanisms, materials, and fabrication designs to optimize this promising treatment option are underexplored. This review outlines principles and applications of phototherapy and optical waveguides for infection control. Research advances, challenges, and outlook regarding this delivery system are rigorously discussed in a hope to inspire future developments of optical waveguide-mediated phototherapy for the management of infection and beyond.
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- Dingbowen Wang
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Materials Research Institute, The Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Materials Research Institute, The Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Materials Research Institute, The Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA; Academy of Orthopedics, Provincial Key Laboratory of Bone and Joint Degenerative Diseases, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province 510280, China
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- Molecular Oncology Laboratory, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Rehabilitation Medicine, The University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, IL 60637, USA; Department of Surgery, The University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Materials Research Institute, The Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA
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- Department of Electrical Engineering, Materials Research Institute, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Materials Research Institute, The Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA.
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Nanoparticles suppress fluid instabilities in the thermal drawing of ultralong nanowires. Nat Commun 2020; 11:5932. [PMID: 33230110 PMCID: PMC7683681 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-19796-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2020] [Accepted: 10/25/2020] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Ultra-long metal nanowires and their facile fabrication have been long sought after as they promise to offer substantial improvements of performance in numerous applications. However, ultra-long metal ultrafine/nanowires are beyond the capability of current manufacturing techniques, which impose limitations on their size and aspect ratio. Here we show that the limitations imposed by fluid instabilities with thermally drawn nanowires can be alleviated by adding tungsten carbide nanoparticles to the metal core to arrive at wire lengths more than 30 cm with diameters as low as 170 nm. The nanoparticles support thermal drawing in two ways, by increasing the viscosity of the metal and lowering the interfacial energy between the boron silicate and zinc phase. This mechanism of suppressing fluid instability by nanoparticles not only enables a scalable production of ultralong metal nanowires, but also serves for widespread applications in other fluid-related fields. Thermal drawing of glass-cladded metal nanowires is limited by fluid instabilities. Hwang et al. show how admixing tungsten carbide nanoparticles to the zinc core of a borosilicate-cladded wire leads to intact fibres over lengths significantly exceeding those of metals with high melting points.
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Faccini de Lima C, van der Elst LA, Koraganji VN, Zheng M, Gokce Kurtoglu M, Gumennik A. Towards Digital Manufacturing of Smart Multimaterial Fibers. NANOSCALE RESEARCH LETTERS 2019; 14:209. [PMID: 31214792 PMCID: PMC6582135 DOI: 10.1186/s11671-019-3031-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2019] [Accepted: 05/29/2019] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Fibers are ubiquitous and usually passive. Optoelectronics realized in a fiber could revolutionize multiple application areas, including biosynthetic and wearable electronics, environmental sensing, and energy harvesting. However, the realization of high-performance electronics in a fiber remains a demanding challenge due to the elusiveness of a material processing strategy that would allow the wrapping of devices made in crystalline semiconductors, such as silicon, into a fiber in an ordered, addressable, and scalable manner. Current fiber-sensor fabrication approaches either are non-scalable or limit the choice of semiconductors to the amorphous ones, such as chalcogenide glasses, inferior to silicon in their electronic performance, resulting in limited bandwidth and sensitivity of such sensors when compared to a standard silicon photodiode. Our group substantiates a universal in-fiber manufacturing of logic circuits and sensory systems analogous to very large-scale integration (VLSI), which enabled the emergence of the modern microprocessor. We develop a versatile hybrid-fabrication methodology that assembles in-fiber material architectures typical to integrated microelectronic devices and systems in silica, silicon, and high-temperature metals. This methodology, dubbed "VLSI for Fibers," or "VLSI-Fi," combines 3D printing of preforms, a thermal draw of fibers, and post-draw assembly of fiber-embedded integrated devices by means of material-selective spatially coherent capillary breakup of the fiber cores. We believe that this method will deliver a new class of durable, low cost, pervasive fiber devices, and sensors, enabling integration of fabrics met with human-made objects, such as furniture and apparel, into the Internet of Things (IoT). Furthermore, it will boost innovation in 3D printing, extending the digital manufacturing approach into the nanoelectronics realm.
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- Camila Faccini de Lima
- Department of Intelligent Systems Engineering, School of Informatics, Computing and Engineering, Indiana University, 700 North Woodlawn Avenue, Bloomington, Indiana, 47408, USA
- Fibers and Additive Manufacturing Enabled Systems Laboratory, 2425 North Milo B. Sampson Lane, Bloomington, IN, 47408, USA
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- Department of Intelligent Systems Engineering, School of Informatics, Computing and Engineering, Indiana University, 700 North Woodlawn Avenue, Bloomington, Indiana, 47408, USA
- Fibers and Additive Manufacturing Enabled Systems Laboratory, 2425 North Milo B. Sampson Lane, Bloomington, IN, 47408, USA
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- Department of Intelligent Systems Engineering, School of Informatics, Computing and Engineering, Indiana University, 700 North Woodlawn Avenue, Bloomington, Indiana, 47408, USA
- Fibers and Additive Manufacturing Enabled Systems Laboratory, 2425 North Milo B. Sampson Lane, Bloomington, IN, 47408, USA
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- Department of Intelligent Systems Engineering, School of Informatics, Computing and Engineering, Indiana University, 700 North Woodlawn Avenue, Bloomington, Indiana, 47408, USA
- Fibers and Additive Manufacturing Enabled Systems Laboratory, 2425 North Milo B. Sampson Lane, Bloomington, IN, 47408, USA
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- Department of Intelligent Systems Engineering, School of Informatics, Computing and Engineering, Indiana University, 700 North Woodlawn Avenue, Bloomington, Indiana, 47408, USA
- Fibers and Additive Manufacturing Enabled Systems Laboratory, 2425 North Milo B. Sampson Lane, Bloomington, IN, 47408, USA
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- Department of Intelligent Systems Engineering, School of Informatics, Computing and Engineering, Indiana University, 700 North Woodlawn Avenue, Bloomington, Indiana, 47408, USA.
- Fibers and Additive Manufacturing Enabled Systems Laboratory, 2425 North Milo B. Sampson Lane, Bloomington, IN, 47408, USA.
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Yan W, Page A, Nguyen-Dang T, Qu Y, Sordo F, Wei L, Sorin F. Advanced Multimaterial Electronic and Optoelectronic Fibers and Textiles. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2019; 31:e1802348. [PMID: 30272829 DOI: 10.1002/adma.201802348] [Citation(s) in RCA: 90] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2018] [Revised: 06/09/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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The ability to integrate complex electronic and optoelectronic functionalities within soft and thin fibers is one of today's key advanced manufacturing challenges. Multifunctional and connected fiber devices will be at the heart of the development of smart textiles and wearable devices. These devices also offer novel opportunities for surgical probes and tools, robotics and prostheses, communication systems, and portable energy harvesters. Among the various fiber-processing methods, the preform-to-fiber thermal drawing technique is a very promising process that is used to fabricate multimaterial fibers with complex architectures at micro- and nanoscale feature sizes. Recently, a series of scientific and technological breakthroughs have significantly advanced the field of multimaterial fibers, allowing a wider range of functionalities, better performance, and novel applications. Here, these breakthroughs, in the fundamental understanding of the fluid dynamics, rheology, and tailoring of materials microstructures at play in the thermal drawing process, are presented and critically discussed. The impact of these advances on the research landscape in this field and how they offer significant new opportunities for this rapidly growing scientific and technological platform are also discussed.
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- Wei Yan
- Laboratory of Photonic Materials and Fibre Devices (FIMAP), Institute of Materials, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), 1015, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Photonic Materials and Fibre Devices (FIMAP), Institute of Materials, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), 1015, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Photonic Materials and Fibre Devices (FIMAP), Institute of Materials, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), 1015, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Photonic Materials and Fibre Devices (FIMAP), Institute of Materials, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), 1015, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Photonic Materials and Fibre Devices (FIMAP), Institute of Materials, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), 1015, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 639798, Singapore
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- Laboratory of Photonic Materials and Fibre Devices (FIMAP), Institute of Materials, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), 1015, Lausanne, Switzerland
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Anuszkiewicz A, Kasztelanic R, Filipkowski A, Stepniewski G, Stefaniuk T, Siwicki B, Pysz D, Klimczak M, Buczynski R. Fused silica optical fibers with graded index nanostructured core. Sci Rep 2018; 8:12329. [PMID: 30120310 PMCID: PMC6098162 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-30284-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2018] [Accepted: 07/25/2018] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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The ability to shape the index profile of optical fibers holds the key to fully flexible engineering of their optical properties and future applications. We present a new approach for the development of a graded index fused silica fiber based on core nanostructurization. A graded index core is obtained by means of distribution of two types of subwavelength glass rods. The proposed method allows to obtain arbitrary graded distribution not limited to the circular or any other symmetry, such as in the standard graded index fibers. We have developed a proof of concept fiber with parabolic refractive index core and showed a perfect match between its predicted, designed and measured properties. The fiber has a core composed of 2107 rods of 190 nm of diameter made of either pure fused silica or Ge-doped fused silica with 8.5% mol concentration. The proposed method breaks the limits of standard fabrication approaches used in fused silica fiber technology.
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- Alicja Anuszkiewicz
- Glass Department, Institute of Electronic Materials Technology, Wolczynska 133, 01-919, Warsaw, Poland.
- Faculty of Physics, University of Warsaw, Pasteura 5, 02-093, Warsaw, Poland.
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- Glass Department, Institute of Electronic Materials Technology, Wolczynska 133, 01-919, Warsaw, Poland
- Faculty of Physics, University of Warsaw, Pasteura 5, 02-093, Warsaw, Poland
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- Glass Department, Institute of Electronic Materials Technology, Wolczynska 133, 01-919, Warsaw, Poland
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- Glass Department, Institute of Electronic Materials Technology, Wolczynska 133, 01-919, Warsaw, Poland
- Faculty of Physics, University of Warsaw, Pasteura 5, 02-093, Warsaw, Poland
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- Glass Department, Institute of Electronic Materials Technology, Wolczynska 133, 01-919, Warsaw, Poland
- Faculty of Physics, University of Warsaw, Pasteura 5, 02-093, Warsaw, Poland
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- Glass Department, Institute of Electronic Materials Technology, Wolczynska 133, 01-919, Warsaw, Poland
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- Glass Department, Institute of Electronic Materials Technology, Wolczynska 133, 01-919, Warsaw, Poland
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- Glass Department, Institute of Electronic Materials Technology, Wolczynska 133, 01-919, Warsaw, Poland
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- Glass Department, Institute of Electronic Materials Technology, Wolczynska 133, 01-919, Warsaw, Poland.
- Faculty of Physics, University of Warsaw, Pasteura 5, 02-093, Warsaw, Poland.
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Shabahang S, Kim S, Yun SH. Light-Guiding Biomaterials for Biomedical Applications. ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS 2018; 28:1706635. [PMID: 31435205 PMCID: PMC6703841 DOI: 10.1002/adfm.201706635] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2017] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Optical techniques used in medical diagnosis, surgery, and therapy require efficient and flexible delivery of light from light sources to target tissues. While this need is currently fulfilled by glass and plastic optical fibers, recent emergence of biointegrated approaches, such as optogenetics and implanted devices, call for novel waveguides with certain biophysical and biocompatible properties and desirable shapes beyond what the conventional optical fibers can offer. To this end, exploratory efforts have begun to harness various transparent biomaterials to develop waveguides that can serve existing applications better and enable new applications in future photomedicine. Here, we review the recent progress in this new area of research for developing biomaterial-based optical waveguides. We begin with a survey of biological light-guiding structures found in plants and animals, a source of inspiration for biomaterial photonics engineering. We describe natural and synthetic polymers and hydrogels that offer appropriate optical properties, biocompatibility, biodegradability, and mechanical flexibility have been exploited for light-guiding applications. Finally, we briefly discuss perspectives on biomedical applications that may benefit from the unique properties and functionalities of light-guiding biomaterials.
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- Soroush Shabahang
- Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital,
Department of Dermatology, Harvard Medical School. 65 Landsdowne Street,
Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
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- Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital,
Department of Dermatology, Harvard Medical School. 65 Landsdowne Street,
Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
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- Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital,
Department of Dermatology, Harvard Medical School. 65 Landsdowne Street,
Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
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A Review of Mid-Infrared Supercontinuum Generation in Chalcogenide Glass Fibers. APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL 2018. [DOI: 10.3390/app8050707] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Tian B, Xu S, Rogers JA, Cestellos-Blanco S, Yang P, Carvalho-de-Souza JL, Bezanilla F, Liu J, Bao Z, Hjort M, Cao Y, Melosh N, Lanzani G, Benfenati F, Galli G, Gygi F, Kautz R, Gorodetsky AA, Kim SS, Lu TK, Anikeeva P, Cifra M, Krivosudský O, Havelka D, Jiang Y. Roadmap on semiconductor-cell biointerfaces. Phys Biol 2018; 15:031002. [PMID: 29205173 PMCID: PMC6599646 DOI: 10.1088/1478-3975/aa9f34] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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This roadmap outlines the role semiconductor-based materials play in understanding the complex biophysical dynamics at multiple length scales, as well as the design and implementation of next-generation electronic, optoelectronic, and mechanical devices for biointerfaces. The roadmap emphasizes the advantages of semiconductor building blocks in interfacing, monitoring, and manipulating the activity of biological components, and discusses the possibility of using active semiconductor-cell interfaces for discovering new signaling processes in the biological world.
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- Bozhi Tian
- Department of Chemistry, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, United States of America
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Electrically Tunable Metamaterials Based on Multimaterial Nanowires Incorporating Transparent Conductive Oxides. Sci Rep 2017; 7:10055. [PMID: 28855532 PMCID: PMC5577228 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-09523-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2017] [Accepted: 07/17/2017] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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We present novel design approaches for metasurfaces and metamaterials with electrical tunability offering real-time manipulation of light and serving as multifunctional devices in near-infrared frequency regime (at the specific wavelength of 1.55 μm). For this purpose, we integrate indium-tin-oxide (ITO) as a tunable electro-optical material into multimaterial nanowires with metal-oxide-semiconductor and metal-insulator-metal configurations. In particular, an active metasurface operating in the transmission mode is designed which allows for modulation of the transmitted light phase over 280 degrees. This large phase modulation is afforded in the cost of low transmission efficiency. We demonstrate the use of such active metasurfaces for tunable bending and focusing in free-space. Moreover, we investigate the implementation of this material in deeply subwavelength multimaterial nanowires, which can yield strong variations in the effective refractive index by the virtue of internal homogenization enabling tunability of the performance in gradient refractive index metamaterials. In the theoretical modeling of these structures, we adopt a hierarchical multiscale approach by linking drift-diffusion transport model with the electromagnetic model which rigorously characterizes the electro-optical effects.
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Gholipour B, Bastock P, Cui L, Craig C, Khan K, Hewak DW, Soci C. Lithography Assisted Fiber-Drawing Nanomanufacturing. Sci Rep 2016; 6:35409. [PMID: 27739543 PMCID: PMC5064402 DOI: 10.1038/srep35409] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2016] [Accepted: 09/27/2016] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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We present a high-throughput and scalable technique for the production of metal nanowires embedded in glass fibres by taking advantage of thin film properties and patterning techniques commonly used in planar microfabrication. This hybrid process enables the fabrication of single nanowires and nanowire arrays encased in a preform material within a single fibre draw, providing an alternative to costly and time-consuming iterative fibre drawing. This method allows the combination of materials with different thermal properties to create functional optoelectronic nanostructures. As a proof of principle of the potential of this technique, centimetre long gold nanowires (bulk Tm = 1064 °C) embedded in silicate glass fibres (Tg = 567 °C) were drawn in a single step with high aspect ratios (>104); such nanowires can be released from the glass matrix and show relatively high electrical conductivity. Overall, this fabrication method could enable mass manufacturing of metallic nanowires for plasmonics and nonlinear optics applications, as well as the integration of functional multimaterial structures for completely fiberised optoelectronic devices.
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- Behrad Gholipour
- Centre for Disruptive Photonic Technologies, Nanyang Technological University, 637371, Singapore
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- Optoelectronics Research Centre, University of Southampton, Southampton SO17 1BJ, UK
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- Centre for Disruptive Photonic Technologies, Nanyang Technological University, 637371, Singapore
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- Optoelectronics Research Centre, University of Southampton, Southampton SO17 1BJ, UK
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- Optoelectronics Research Centre, University of Southampton, Southampton SO17 1BJ, UK
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- Optoelectronics Research Centre, University of Southampton, Southampton SO17 1BJ, UK
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- Centre for Disruptive Photonic Technologies, Nanyang Technological University, 637371, Singapore
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Tao G, Kaufman JJ, Shabahang S, Rezvani Naraghi R, Sukhov SV, Joannopoulos JD, Fink Y, Dogariu A, Abouraddy AF. Digital design of multimaterial photonic particles. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2016; 113:6839-44. [PMID: 27274070 PMCID: PMC4922185 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1601777113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Scattering of light from dielectric particles whose size is on the order of an optical wavelength underlies a plethora of visual phenomena in nature and is a foundation for optical coatings and paints. Tailoring the internal nanoscale geometry of such "photonic particles" allows tuning their optical scattering characteristics beyond those afforded by their constitutive materials-however, flexible yet scalable processing approaches to produce such particles are lacking. Here, we show that a thermally induced in-fiber fluid instability permits the "digital design" of multimaterial photonic particles: the precise allocation of high refractive-index contrast materials at independently addressable radial and azimuthal coordinates within its 3D architecture. Exploiting this unique capability in all-dielectric systems, we tune the scattering cross-section of equisized particles via radial structuring and induce polarization-sensitive scattering from spherical particles with broken internal rotational symmetry. The scalability of this fabrication strategy promises a generation of optical coatings in which sophisticated functionality is realized at the level of the individual particles.
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- Guangming Tao
- CREOL, The College of Optics and Photonics, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL 32816
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- CREOL, The College of Optics and Photonics, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL 32816
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- CREOL, The College of Optics and Photonics, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL 32816
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- CREOL, The College of Optics and Photonics, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL 32816; Department of Physics, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL 32816
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- CREOL, The College of Optics and Photonics, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL 32816
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- Research Laboratory of Electronics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139
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- Research Laboratory of Electronics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139
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- CREOL, The College of Optics and Photonics, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL 32816
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- CREOL, The College of Optics and Photonics, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL 32816;
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Shabahang S, Tao G, Kaufman JJ, Qiao Y, Wei L, Bouchenot T, Gordon AP, Fink Y, Bai Y, Hoy RS, Abouraddy AF. Controlled fragmentation of multimaterial fibres and films via polymer cold-drawing. Nature 2016; 534:529-33. [DOI: 10.1038/nature17980] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2015] [Accepted: 03/23/2016] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Percival SJ, Vartanian NE, Zhang B. Laser-pulled ultralong platinum and gold nanowires. RSC Adv 2014. [DOI: 10.1039/c3ra47207h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Kaufman JJ, Ottman R, Tao G, Shabahang S, Banaei EH, Liang X, Johnson SG, Fink Y, Chakrabarti R, Abouraddy AF. In-fiber production of polymeric particles for biosensing and encapsulation. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2013; 110:15549-54. [PMID: 24019468 PMCID: PMC3785740 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1310214110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Polymeric micro- and nanoparticles are becoming a mainstay in biomedicine, medical diagnostics, and therapeutics, where they are used in implementing sensing mechanisms, as imaging contrast agents, and in drug delivery. Current approaches to the fabrication of such particles are typically finely tuned to specific monomer or polymer species, size ranges, and structures. We present a general scalable methodology for fabricating uniformly sized spherical polymeric particles from a wide range of polymers produced with complex internal architectures and continuously tunable diameters extending from the millimeter scale down to 50 nm. Controllable access to such a wide range of sizes enables broad applications in cancer treatment, immunology, and vaccines. Our approach harnesses thermally induced, predictable fluid instabilities in composite core/cladding polymer fibers drawn from a macroscopic scaled-up model called a "preform." Through a stack-and-draw process, we produce fibers containing a multiplicity of identical cylindrical cores made of the polymers of choice embedded in a polymer cladding. The instability leads to the breakup of the initially intact cores, independent of the polymer chemistry, into necklaces of spherical particles held in isolation within the cladding matrix along the entire fiber length. We demonstrate here surface functionalization of the extracted particles for biodetection through specific protein-protein interactions, volumetric encapsulation of a biomaterial in spherical polymeric shells, and the combination of both surface and volumetric functionalities in the same particle. These particles used in distinct modalities may be produced from the desired biocompatible polymer by changing only the geometry of the macroscopic preform from which the fiber is drawn.
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- Joshua J. Kaufman
- Center for Research and Education in Optics and Lasers (CREOL), The College of Optics and Photonics
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- Burnett School of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine, and
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- Center for Research and Education in Optics and Lasers (CREOL), The College of Optics and Photonics
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- Center for Research and Education in Optics and Lasers (CREOL), The College of Optics and Photonics
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- Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL 32816; and
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- Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139
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- Center for Research and Education in Optics and Lasers (CREOL), The College of Optics and Photonics
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Shabahang S, Marquez MP, Tao G, Piracha MU, Nguyen D, Delfyett PJ, Abouraddy AF. Octave-spanning infrared supercontinuum generation in robust chalcogenide nanotapers using picosecond pulses. OPTICS LETTERS 2012; 37:4639-4641. [PMID: 23164864 DOI: 10.1364/ol.37.004639] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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We report on infrared supercontinuum generation extending over more than one octave of bandwidth, from 850 nm to 2.35 μm, produced in a single spatial mode from a robust, compact, composite chalcogenide glass nanotaper. A picosecond laser at 1.55 μm pumps a high-index-contrast, all-solid nanotaper that strongly confines the field to a 480 nm diameter core, while a thermally compatible built-in polymer jacket lends the nanotaper mechanical stability.
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- Soroush Shabahang
- CREOL, The College of Optics & Photonics, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida 32816, USA
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Kaufman JJ, Tao G, Shabahang S, Banaei EH, Deng DS, Liang X, Johnson SG, Fink Y, Abouraddy AF. Structured spheres generated by an in-fibre fluid instability. Nature 2012; 487:463-7. [PMID: 22810590 DOI: 10.1038/nature11215] [Citation(s) in RCA: 159] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2012] [Accepted: 05/02/2012] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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From drug delivery to chemical and biological catalysis and cosmetics, the need for efficient fabrication pathways for particles over a wide range of sizes, from a variety of materials, and in many different structures has been well established. Here we harness the inherent scalability of fibre production and an in-fibre Plateau-Rayleigh capillary instability for the fabrication of uniformly sized, structured spherical particles spanning an exceptionally wide range of sizes: from 2 mm down to 20 nm. Thermal processing of a multimaterial fibre controllably induces the instability, resulting in a well-ordered, oriented emulsion in three dimensions. The fibre core and cladding correspond to the dispersed and continuous phases, respectively, and are both frozen in situ on cooling, after which the particles are released when needed. By arranging a variety of structures and materials in a macroscopic scaled-up model of the fibre, we produce composite, structured, spherical particles, such as core-shell particles, two-compartment 'Janus' particles, and multi-sectioned 'beach ball' particles. Moreover, producing fibres with a high density of cores allows for an unprecedented level of parallelization. In principle, 10(8) 50-nm cores may be embedded in metres-long, 1-mm-diameter fibre, which can be induced to break up simultaneously throughout its length, into uniformly sized, structured spheres.
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Tao G, Shabahang S, Banaei EH, Kaufman JJ, Abouraddy AF. Multimaterial preform coextrusion for robust chalcogenide optical fibers and tapers. OPTICS LETTERS 2012; 37:2751-2753. [PMID: 22743517 DOI: 10.1364/ol.37.002751] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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The development of robust infrared fibers is crucial for harnessing the capabilities of new mid-infrared lasers. We present a novel approach to the fabrication of chalcogenide glass fiber preforms: one-step multimaterial extrusion. The preform consists of a glass core and cladding surrounded by a built-in, thermally compatible, polymer jacket for mechanical support. Using this approach we extrude several preform structures and draw them into robust composite fibers. Furthermore, the polymer cladding allows us to produce robust tapers with submicrometer core diameter.
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- Guangming Tao
- CREOL, The College of Optics & Photonics, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida 32816, USA
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