Research Publications and Outputs: Recent submissions
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Tunable Metamaterials Fabricated by Fiber Drawing
Published 2017We demonstrate a practical scalable approach to the fabrication of tunable metamaterials. Designed for terahertz (THz) wavelengths, the metamaterial is comprised of polyurethane filled with an array of indium wires using ...Open AccessArticle -
Thermally Drawn Biodegradable Fibers with Tailored Topography for Biomedical Applications
Published 2020There is a growing demand for polymer fiber scaffolds for biomedical applications and tissue engineering. Biodegradable polymers such as polycaprolactone have attracted particular attention due to their applicability to ...Open AccessArticle -
Highly deformable optical fibers made of polyurethane: OAM generation, tunable metamaterials and sensors
Published 2017Polyurethane has a Young’s modulus three orders of magnitude lower than silica and can be stretched up to 600%. We report the fabrication of polyurethane optical fibers for applications from THz to the visible. We exploit ...Open AccessConference paper -
Wearable polyurethane optical fiber based sensor for breathing monitoring
Published 2018We experimentally demonstrate a wearable breathing monitoring sensor based on a polyurethane (PU) optical fiber. The mechanical flexibility of the PU fiber allows for the simple measurement of inhalation and exhalation ...Open AccessConference paper -
Flexible optical fiber sensor based on polyurethane
Published 2017Polyurethane (PU) based hollow core fibers are investigated as optical sensors. The flexibility of PU fibers makes it suitable for sensing mechanical perturbations. We fabricated a PU fiber using the fiber drawing method, ...Open AccessConference paper