A spider uses up to seven different types of silk, all having specific functions, as building
material, weapon, and sensory organ to detect the presence of preys on its web. Recently …

The application of optical technologies in treating pathologies and monitoring disease states
requires the development of soft, minimal invasive and implantable devices to deliver light to …

What is a sensor? This may seem a meaningless question although this is an important
aspect that's worth clarification. Sensors are present in everyday life without even being …

From Spider Webs to a Biomimetic Optical Fibre Sensor Page 1 W1K.4.pdf OFC 2018 © OSA
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Today, duplicate copies of branded products through various ways cheat us. We could not
determine whether the purchased product is original or fake. Therefore, we are losing our …

Hoje em dia há uma necessidade de soluções simples e de baixo custo para a avaliação da
qualidade de águas e que permitam a monitorização remota de contaminantes, no local e …

In this PhD, several bioactive phosphate glasses doped with erbium ions (Er3+) were
synthesized and characterized in order to develop new bioactive fiber sensors for medical …

From Spider Webs to a Biomimetic Optical Fibre Sensor Page 1 W1K.4.pdf OFC 2018 © OSA
2018 From Spider Webs to a Biomimetic Optical Fibre Sensor Kenny Hey Tow1, Desmond M …