The analysis of chemical species is one of the most fundamental and long-standing
challenges in fiber-optic sensors research. Existing sensor architectures require a spatial …

Optical fibres constitute an exceptional sensing platform. However, standard fibres present
an inherent sensing challenge: they confine light to an inner core. Consequently, distributed …

Water and humidity severely affect the material properties of spider major ampullate silk,
causing the fiber to become plasticized, contract, swell and undergo torsion. Several amino …

As the incidence of neurological disorders rises, the need for innovative and minimally
invasive treatment methods is paramount. This review comprehensively explores the state …

Advances in stretchable and flexible sensors are meeting the demands of an expanding
range of applications, such as wearable healthcare, in vivo monitoring, and soft interactive …

A spider uses up to seven different types of silk, all having specific functions, as building
material, weapon, and sensory organ to detect the presence of preys on its web. Recently …

Propagation in the cladding modes of standard optical fibers enables the sensing of
chemicals outside the fiber boundary, where light in the single core mode cannot reach …

The analysis of substances outside the cladding has challenged the optical fiber sensors
community for decades. A common solution relies on the propagation of light in cladding …

Spider silk is a biomaterial composed of natural protein that possesses unique strength and
biocompatibility. Spider silk was explored for the first time that act as a potential saturable …

Intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs) play an important role in molecular biology and
medicine because their induced folding can lead to so-called conformational diseases …