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Stretchable Optical Fibers: Stretchable Thermoplastic Elastomer Optical Fibers for Sensing of Extreme Deformations (Adv. Funct. Mater. 5/2019)
Author(s) -
Leber Andreas,
Cholst Beth,
Sandt Joseph,
Vogel Nicolas,
Kolle Mathias
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
advanced functional materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 6.069
H-Index - 322
eISSN - 1616-3028
pISSN - 1616-301X
DOI - 10.1002/adfm.201970030
Subject(s) - materials science , elastomer , composite material , thermoplastic elastomer , optical fiber , extrusion , thermoplastic , polymer , optics , copolymer , physics
In article number 1802629 , Mathias Kolle and co‐workers report stretchable optical fibers produced from thermoplastic elastomers using scalable co‐extrusion procedures. Mechanical deformation of these fibers induces predictable and reversible changes in their light transmission. The fibers are used in wireless sensing devices integrated into knee braces and gloves to quantify body kinematics, and to control a virtual hand model.