Soft robotics

GM Whitesides - Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
This description of “soft robotics” is not intended to be a conventional review, in the sense of
a comprehensive technical summary of a develo** field. Rather, its objective is to describe …

Systems integration for global sustainability

J Liu, H Mooney, V Hull, SJ Davis, J Gaskell, T Hertel… - Science, 2015 - science.org
BACKGROUND Many key global sustainability challenges are closely intertwined
(examples are provided in the figure). These challenges include air pollution, biodiversity …

Millifluidics, microfluidics, and nanofluidics: manipulating fluids at varying length scales

L Chen, C Yang, Y ** optofluidic technology through the fusion of microfluidics and optics
D Psaltis, SR Quake, C Yang - nature, 2006 - nature.com
We describe devices in which optics and fluidics are used synergistically to synthesize novel
functionalities. Fluidic replacement or modification leads to reconfigurable optical systems …

Fiber optofluidic microlasers: structures, characteristics, and applications

X Yang, C Gong, C Zhang, Y Wang… - Laser & Photonics …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Herein, recent progress in fiber optofluidic lasers and their applications in biochemical
detection are reviewed. The unique properties of optical fibers are introduced for the …

The photonic integration of non-solid media using optofluidics

H Schmidt, AR Hawkins - Nature photonics, 2011 - nature.com
Photonics has long been used to study non-solid materials such as liquids, gases and
plasmas, but these fluidic media have traditionally not comprised a functional part of the …

Micro-optics for microfluidic analytical applications

H Yang, MAM Gijs - Chemical Society Reviews, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
This critical review summarizes the developments in the integration of micro-optical
elements with microfluidic platforms for facilitating detection and automation of bio-analytical …

Quantum dot white LEDs with high luminous efficiency

S Sadeghi, B Ganesh Kumar, R Melikov… - Optica, 2018 - opg.optica.org
Colloidal quantum dots (QDs) have attracted significant attention in the last three decades
due to high quantum yield (QY) and tunable electronic properties via quantum confinement …