Ferrofluids are suspensions of magnetic nanoparticles that have the attractive feature of
being controlled by applied magnetic fields. Ferrofluids have been studied for decades in an …

The aim of this paper is to provide a comprehensive review of mode-division and spatial-
division optical fiber sensors, mainly encompassing interferometers and advanced fiber …

A kind of dual-parameter sensor based on magnetic-fluid-coated nonadiabatic tapered
microfiber (NTF) cascaded with fiber Bragg grating (FBG) is proposed and experimentally …

Fiber Bragg gratings (FBGs) are inherently sensitive to temperature, axial strain, and
pressure, which can be easily measured by a shift of the Bragg wavelength in their …

Magnetoelectric microspheres based on piezoelectric poly (vinylidene fluoride)(PVDF) and
magnetostrictive CoFe2O4 (CFO), a novel morphology for polymer-based ME materials …

The development of strategies to mimic the natural environment of tissues with engineered
scaffolds remains one of the biggest challenges of tissue engineering. Hydrogels appear as …

A compact fiber-optic vector magnetometer based on directional scattering between
polarized plasmon waves and ferro-magnetic nanoparticles is demonstrated. The sensor …

A magnetic field sensor is proposed based on the combination of magnetic fluid (MF) and an
optical microfiber mode interferometer (MMI). It is measured that the MMI is highly sensitive …

Recently, the magneto-optical properties of magnetic nanofluids have received increasing
attention due to their wide range of applications in solar energy conversions and also as …

An intensity-modulated magnetic field sensor based on magnetic fluid and optical fiber
gratings is proposed and experimentally demonstrated. The sensor is formed by a tilted-fiber …