In the advent of affordable photo-and soft-lithography using polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS),
low cost multi-step microfabrication methods have become available to a broad scientific …

The paper reports on properties of the new optical elastomer used for the realization of the
multimode channel waveguides. The waveguides were fabricated by the doctor blade …

Abstract Poly (dimethylsiloxane)(PDMS) has emerged as a promising polymer for fabricating
optical waveguides. Its optical transparency, stretchability, flexibility, biocompatibility, and …

Optical fibers made of thermoset elastomeric materials can offer extremely high stretchability
not possible with conventional glass and plastic optical fibers. However, such elastomer …

There is a great interest in low-cost, versatile microfluidic platforms of which the fabrication
processes are rapid, straightforward, and translatable to industrial mass productions. In …

Optical fiber sensors incorporating luminescent materials are useful for detecting physical
parameters and biochemical species. Fluorescent materials integrated on the tips of optical …

Microscale optofluidic devices are a category of microscale devices combining fluidic and
optical features. These devices typically enable in-situ fluid flow measurement for …

PolyDiMethylSiloxane (PDMS) is an elastomer increasingly used to produce soft objects by
replication, in a variety of fields including soft electronics, microfluidics, tribology …

Microfluidics has become a very promising technology in recent years, due to its great
potential to revolutionize life-science solutions. Generic microfabrication processes have …

The effective integration of 2D materials such as monolayer transition metal dichalcogenides
(TMDs) into photonic waveguides and integrated circuits is being intensely pursued due to …