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The optical fiber industry is emerging from the market for selling simple accessories using optical fiber to the new optical-IT convergence sensor market combined with high value-added smart industries such as the bio industry. Among them, fiber optic sensors and fiber lasers are growing faster and more accurately by utilizing fiber optics in various fields such as shipbuilding, construction, energy, military, railway, security, and medical.This Special Issue aims to present novel and innovative applications of sensors and devices based on fiber optic sensors and fiber lasers, and covers a wide range of applications of optical sensors. In this Special Issue, original research articles, as well as reviews, have been published.

optical microfiber coupler --- graphene --- fiber laser --- filter --- wavelength-swept laser --- cholesteric liquid crystal --- bandpass filter --- spectral reflectance --- airway management --- endotracheal tube placement --- tissue detection --- tracheal tissue --- esophageal tissue --- intubation --- endotracheal tube misplacement --- weak fiber Bragg gratings --- distributed fiber optic sensor --- phi-OTDR --- nitrate sensing --- optical fibre --- PEDOT --- conducting polymer --- 2H–TaSe2 nano-materials --- metallic band structure --- saturable absorber --- dual-wavelength --- red palm weevil --- fiber optic acoustic sensing --- machine learning --- few-mode fiber --- fiber optic sensors --- Brillouin scattering --- distributed measurement --- fiber lasers --- semiconductor optical amplifier --- dynamic measurement --- dynamic optical fiber sensors --- ultrafast fiber laser --- low-dimensional materials --- optically/electrically controlled fiber lasers

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Recent advances in the fabrication techniques have enabled the production of different types of polymer sensors and actuators that can be utilized in a wide range of applications, such as soft robotics, biomedical, smart textiles and energy harvesting. Functional polymers possess dynamic physical and chemical properties, which make them suitable candidates for sensing and actuating tasks in response to external stimuli, such as radiation, temperature, chemical reaction, external force, magnetic and electric fields. This book focuses on the recent advancements in the modeling and analysis of functional polymer systems.

History of engineering & technology --- polymer gel --- colloidal crystals --- optical film --- pH sensor --- graphene oxide --- silver nanowires --- ionic electroactive polymer --- poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene)–poly(styrenesulfonate) (PEDOT:PSS) --- 4-(1,1,3,3-Tetramethylbutyl)phenyl-polyethylene glycol --- IIECMS --- MWCNT-CDC fibers --- PPy/DBS linear films --- uncertainty measurements --- electrostrictive properties --- actuators --- structural β-phase --- dielectric properties --- P(VDF-HFP) nanofibers --- electrospinning --- thermal compression --- hydrogels --- 3D printing --- tough --- sensor --- multi-parameter perturbation method --- piezoelectric polymers --- experimental verification --- cantilever beam --- force–electric coupling characteristics --- 4D printing --- metastructure --- shape-memory polymers --- wave propagation --- finite element method --- bandgap --- polymer composites --- microelectromechanical system (MEMS) --- electromagnetic (EM) actuator --- magnetic membrane --- microfluidic --- biomedical --- dynamic hydrogels --- tannic acid --- chitin nanofibers --- starch --- self-healing --- self-recovery --- functional polymers --- sensors --- polymer gel --- colloidal crystals --- optical film --- pH sensor --- graphene oxide --- silver nanowires --- ionic electroactive polymer --- poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene)–poly(styrenesulfonate) (PEDOT:PSS) --- 4-(1,1,3,3-Tetramethylbutyl)phenyl-polyethylene glycol --- IIECMS --- MWCNT-CDC fibers --- PPy/DBS linear films --- uncertainty measurements --- electrostrictive properties --- actuators --- structural β-phase --- dielectric properties --- P(VDF-HFP) nanofibers --- electrospinning --- thermal compression --- hydrogels --- 3D printing --- tough --- sensor --- multi-parameter perturbation method --- piezoelectric polymers --- experimental verification --- cantilever beam --- force–electric coupling characteristics --- 4D printing --- metastructure --- shape-memory polymers --- wave propagation --- finite element method --- bandgap --- polymer composites --- microelectromechanical system (MEMS) --- electromagnetic (EM) actuator --- magnetic membrane --- microfluidic --- biomedical --- dynamic hydrogels --- tannic acid --- chitin nanofibers --- starch --- self-healing --- self-recovery --- functional polymers --- sensors

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The optical fiber industry is emerging from the market for selling simple accessories using optical fiber to the new optical-IT convergence sensor market combined with high value-added smart industries such as the bio industry. Among them, fiber optic sensors and fiber lasers are growing faster and more accurately by utilizing fiber optics in various fields such as shipbuilding, construction, energy, military, railway, security, and medical.This Special Issue aims to present novel and innovative applications of sensors and devices based on fiber optic sensors and fiber lasers, and covers a wide range of applications of optical sensors. In this Special Issue, original research articles, as well as reviews, have been published.

Research & information: general --- optical microfiber coupler --- graphene --- fiber laser --- filter --- wavelength-swept laser --- cholesteric liquid crystal --- bandpass filter --- spectral reflectance --- airway management --- endotracheal tube placement --- tissue detection --- tracheal tissue --- esophageal tissue --- intubation --- endotracheal tube misplacement --- weak fiber Bragg gratings --- distributed fiber optic sensor --- phi-OTDR --- nitrate sensing --- optical fibre --- PEDOT --- conducting polymer --- 2H–TaSe2 nano-materials --- metallic band structure --- saturable absorber --- dual-wavelength --- red palm weevil --- fiber optic acoustic sensing --- machine learning --- few-mode fiber --- fiber optic sensors --- Brillouin scattering --- distributed measurement --- fiber lasers --- semiconductor optical amplifier --- dynamic measurement --- dynamic optical fiber sensors --- ultrafast fiber laser --- low-dimensional materials --- optically/electrically controlled fiber lasers --- optical microfiber coupler --- graphene --- fiber laser --- filter --- wavelength-swept laser --- cholesteric liquid crystal --- bandpass filter --- spectral reflectance --- airway management --- endotracheal tube placement --- tissue detection --- tracheal tissue --- esophageal tissue --- intubation --- endotracheal tube misplacement --- weak fiber Bragg gratings --- distributed fiber optic sensor --- phi-OTDR --- nitrate sensing --- optical fibre --- PEDOT --- conducting polymer --- 2H–TaSe2 nano-materials --- metallic band structure --- saturable absorber --- dual-wavelength --- red palm weevil --- fiber optic acoustic sensing --- machine learning --- few-mode fiber --- fiber optic sensors --- Brillouin scattering --- distributed measurement --- fiber lasers --- semiconductor optical amplifier --- dynamic measurement --- dynamic optical fiber sensors --- ultrafast fiber laser --- low-dimensional materials --- optically/electrically controlled fiber lasers

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An interdisciplinary book that brings together, at an international level, a high-quality collection of reviews and original research articles dealing with the importance of natural or synthetic polymers in encapsulation processes and their applications. A deep understanding and relevant theoretical calculations for exploring the functions of the materials (involved in the formulations) have also been presented along with fundamental investigations. This book has explored the latest research on the function of polymers in encapsulation technology including fundamental theory and experiments together with reviews and articles. Moreover, the present book offers easy-to-achieve approaches that have been developed so far and could create a platform for industrial material production.

microemulsion --- doxorubicin --- in vitro --- cytotoxicity --- lignin (LGN) --- polyacrylate --- water-based latex --- Pickering emulsion --- microencapsulation --- controlled release --- encapsulation --- clozapine --- schizophrenia --- polymeric nanocarriers --- D2-5-HT1A receptor heterodimers --- scFv antibodies --- paraffin PCM—melamine-formaldehyde microcapsules --- outer shell --- modification by MWCNTs and PEDOT: PSS --- differential scanning calorimetry --- dip coating --- thermal conductivity and heat storage and release capacity --- dynamic thermal behaviour --- hydrogels --- redox-responsive polymers --- TEMPO --- encapsulation-release --- catalysis --- ion-sensitive systems --- drug delivery --- smart pharmaceutical systems --- biocompatible medical devices --- polyethyleneimine --- micelles --- palladium --- nanoparticles --- catalytic --- aerosol-assisted deposition --- open-air plasma --- entrapment in coating --- acrylic acid --- ethylcellulose --- lung cancer --- nanosponge --- oral bioavailability --- systolic blood pressure --- nanomicelles --- artemisinin --- cornea --- toxicity --- erectile dysfunction --- Kolliphor® P188 --- Kollidon® 30 --- Kollidon®-VA64 --- polymer --- sildenafil citrate --- natural polymers --- polymeric capsules --- porous polymeric spheres --- active pharmaceutical carriers --- stimuli-responsive release --- cell culture platforms --- n/a --- paraffin PCM-melamine-formaldehyde microcapsules

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An interdisciplinary book that brings together, at an international level, a high-quality collection of reviews and original research articles dealing with the importance of natural or synthetic polymers in encapsulation processes and their applications. A deep understanding and relevant theoretical calculations for exploring the functions of the materials (involved in the formulations) have also been presented along with fundamental investigations. This book has explored the latest research on the function of polymers in encapsulation technology including fundamental theory and experiments together with reviews and articles. Moreover, the present book offers easy-to-achieve approaches that have been developed so far and could create a platform for industrial material production.

Research & information: general --- Chemistry --- Inorganic chemistry --- microemulsion --- doxorubicin --- in vitro --- cytotoxicity --- lignin (LGN) --- polyacrylate --- water-based latex --- Pickering emulsion --- microencapsulation --- controlled release --- encapsulation --- clozapine --- schizophrenia --- polymeric nanocarriers --- D2-5-HT1A receptor heterodimers --- scFv antibodies --- paraffin PCM-melamine-formaldehyde microcapsules --- outer shell --- modification by MWCNTs and PEDOT: PSS --- differential scanning calorimetry --- dip coating --- thermal conductivity and heat storage and release capacity --- dynamic thermal behaviour --- hydrogels --- redox-responsive polymers --- TEMPO --- encapsulation-release --- catalysis --- ion-sensitive systems --- drug delivery --- smart pharmaceutical systems --- biocompatible medical devices --- polyethyleneimine --- micelles --- palladium --- nanoparticles --- catalytic --- aerosol-assisted deposition --- open-air plasma --- entrapment in coating --- acrylic acid --- ethylcellulose --- lung cancer --- nanosponge --- oral bioavailability --- systolic blood pressure --- nanomicelles --- artemisinin --- cornea --- toxicity --- erectile dysfunction --- Kolliphor® P188 --- Kollidon® 30 --- Kollidon®-VA64 --- polymer --- sildenafil citrate --- natural polymers --- polymeric capsules --- porous polymeric spheres --- active pharmaceutical carriers --- stimuli-responsive release --- cell culture platforms --- microemulsion --- doxorubicin --- in vitro --- cytotoxicity --- lignin (LGN) --- polyacrylate --- water-based latex --- Pickering emulsion --- microencapsulation --- controlled release --- encapsulation --- clozapine --- schizophrenia --- polymeric nanocarriers --- D2-5-HT1A receptor heterodimers --- scFv antibodies --- paraffin PCM-melamine-formaldehyde microcapsules --- outer shell --- modification by MWCNTs and PEDOT: PSS --- differential scanning calorimetry --- dip coating --- thermal conductivity and heat storage and release capacity --- dynamic thermal behaviour --- hydrogels --- redox-responsive polymers --- TEMPO --- encapsulation-release --- catalysis --- ion-sensitive systems --- drug delivery --- smart pharmaceutical systems --- biocompatible medical devices --- polyethyleneimine --- micelles --- palladium --- nanoparticles --- catalytic --- aerosol-assisted deposition --- open-air plasma --- entrapment in coating --- acrylic acid --- ethylcellulose --- lung cancer --- nanosponge --- oral bioavailability --- systolic blood pressure --- nanomicelles --- artemisinin --- cornea --- toxicity --- erectile dysfunction --- Kolliphor® P188 --- Kollidon® 30 --- Kollidon®-VA64 --- polymer --- sildenafil citrate --- natural polymers --- polymeric capsules --- porous polymeric spheres --- active pharmaceutical carriers --- stimuli-responsive release --- cell culture platforms