Recent advances of polymeric photonic crystals in molecular recognition

L Li, J Li, J Xu, Z Liu - Dyes and Pigments, 2022 - Elsevier
Photonic crystals are widely used in sensors, photocatalysts, remote communication, and
optical computing on account of their unique photonic band gap and photonic localization. In …

Bioresorbable nanostructured chemical sensor for monitoring of pH level in vivo

M Corsi, A Paghi, S Mariani, G Golinelli… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Here, the authors report on the manufacturing and in vivo assessment of a bioresorbable
nanostructured pH sensor. The sensor consists of a micrometer‐thick porous silica …

Polymers modified porous silicon optical (bio) sensors

V Nocerino, I Rea, G Siciliano, L De Stefano… - TrAC Trends in …, 2024 - Elsevier
This comprehensive review highlights the recent technological advancements in the realm
of polymer-modified porous silicon (PSi) biosensors, mainly over the past two years. The …

All-silicone 3D printing technology: toward highly elastic dielectric elastomers and complex structures

C Tugui, M Cazacu, DM Manoli, A Stefan… - ACS Applied Polymer …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Silicone elastomers have been shown to be well-suited for dielectric elastomer actuators
(DEA), mainly due to their unique combination of properties such as, high elasticity and …

Wireless and Flexible Optoelectronic System for In Situ Monitoring of Vaginal pH Using a Bioresorbable Fluorescence Sensor

A Paghi, M Corsi, AA La Mattina, G Egri… - Advanced Materials …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Herein, a miniaturized wireless sensing vaginal ring for the in situ continuous monitoring of
vaginal pH and real‐time transmission of the pH data to a smartphone is reported, aimed at …

[HTML][HTML] An autonomous biodegradable hygroscopic seed-inspired soft robot for visual humidity sensing

S Mariani, L Cecchini, NM Pugno, B Mazzolai - Materials & Design, 2023 - Elsevier
Visual sensors for relative humidity (RH) are of interest for distributed and autonomous
environmental monitoring. Most of the visual humidity sensors are based on colorimetric …

4D Printing of Plasmon‐Encoded Tunable Polydimethylsiloxane Lenses for On‐Field Microscopy of Microbes

S Mariani, M Corsi, A Paghi… - Advanced Optical …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Here the 4D printing of a magnifying polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) lens encoded with a
tunable plasmonic rejection filter is reported. The lens is formed by moldless printing of …

Improved flame-retardant properties of polydimethylsiloxane/multi-walled carbon nanotube nanocomposites

II Kabir, Y Fu, N de Souza, MT Nazir, JC Baena… - Journal of Materials …, 2021 - Springer
The flame-retardant properties of polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS)/oxidised multi-walled
carbon nanotubes (MWCNT–COOH) nanocomposite films were dispersed using a nonionic …

Retina-inspired flexible photosensitive arrays based on selective photothermal conversion

X Zheng, Z Chen, X Tao, X Lian, X Wu… - Journal of Materials …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Vision is a vital system for human perception of the outside world, and more than 80% of the
external information received by humans originates from vision. The curved retina and the …

Nanoscale Photoluminescence Manipulation in Monolithic Porous Silicon Oxide Microcavity Coated with Rhodamine‐Labeled Polyelectrolyte via Electrostatic …

Z Chen, V Robbiano, GM Paternò… - Advanced Optical …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Porous silicon (PSi) is a promising material for future integrated nanophotonics when
coupled with guest emitters, still facing challenges in terms of homogenous distribution and …