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Showing 1 to 12 of 12 for “"multifunctional fiber"”.
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Multimaterial multifunctional fiber devices
Optical fibers and semiconductor devices differ significantly in their properties and their processing approaches. The latter require an assembly of metal, insulator and semiconductor materials into complex geometries with small feature sizes (sub 100 nm), while maintaining high quality interfaces. …
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Multifunctional fiber-based neural interfaces
… vicinity. To address the challenge, I developed fiber-based bioelectronic devices integrating diverse modalities within a single platform using thermal drawing process (TDP). All-polymer or hydrogel integrated probes with optical, electrical, and fluidic capabilities were developed all within the …
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Multimaterial, multifunctional fiber-based designs for integration into minimally invasive and wearable, translatable medical devices
Fiber-based medical devices have the potential to contribute to both research and clinical applications through their multifunctionalities, material properties, compact sizes, and customizable geometries. This thesis discusses current developments and testing of such devices. A minimally invasive …
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Miniature Fiber Optic Viscoelasticity Sensor for Composite Cure Monitoring
… cure. Here we describe the development of a multifunctional fiber optic sensor that may be embedded in a composite part during lay-up to monitor the state of the polymer matrix during processing. This sensor will output quantitative data which will indicate the viscoelasticity of the …
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Multimaterial multifunctional fibers for biomedical applications
… my research on the development of multimateiral multifunctional fibers for bio-related application, mainly in the fields of neural interfacing and bioimpedance sensing. Understanding the cytoarchitecture and wiring of the brain requires improved methods to record and stimulate large groups of …
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NeuroModular - A Modular Backend for Fiber-Based Wireless Bioelectronic Interfaces
Multifunctional microelectronic fibers are a new class of bioelectronic interfaces that combine the scalability and customization afforded by fiber drawing with the functional maturity of solid-state microdevices. Wireless operation of multifunctional fiber-based devices would allow neuromodulation …
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Probing the depths of unconsciousness with multifunctional neurotechnology
… has motivated increasingly high resolution and multifunctional neurotechnology. Inferring the dynamic structure of neuronal signaling from high dimensional data requires concomitant computational advances. This thesis focuses on how the intersection of neuroscience, engineering, and statistics …
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Thermally-assisted frontal polymerization for rapid curing of fiber-reinforced polymer composites
Fiber-reinforced polymer composites (FRPCs) are widely used in a variety of applications owing to their excellent specific mechanical properties, chemical stability, and fatigue resistance. However, the state-of-the-art technologies for manufacturing FRPCs are intensive in terms of time and energy, …
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Customizing Multifunctional Bidirectional Neural Interfaces through Fiber Drawing
… signals over an extended period of time. Fiber drawing enables the fabrication of biocompatible multifunctional flexible fibers that record and modulate neural activity. However, constraints on the thermomechanical properties of materials have prevented the fiber integration of metals and …
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Closed-loop Tool Path Planning for Non-planar Additive Manufacturing and Sensor-based Inspection on Stationary and Moving Freeform Objects
… impedimetric sensors: a cantilever sensor and a multifunctional fiber sensor.
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Multifunctional Multimaterial Fibers for Sensing and Modulation in Wearable and Biomedical Applications
… to summarize my research on the development of multifunctional multimaterial fibers that are designed and produced for sensing and modulation applications in wearable and biomedical fields. Fiber-shaped devices have gained significant attention due to their potential in human-machine interface …
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Multifunctional Polymer Fiber Probes for Biomedical Application
… fabrication and validation of thermally drawn multifunctional polymer fiber probes for modern biomedical applications, primarily in the fields of neural interfaces and tumor treatments. Understanding the neural basis of behavior requires monitoring and manipulating combinations of physiological …