Monofilament, including drawn fiber, is extruded from molten polymer resin materials. These resins include very-long-chain polymer molecules. In the melt phase, these molecules are arranged in a ...

Newly developed hardware for making high-transmission optical fiber in zero gravity has arrived at the International Space Station (ISS). Launched last week on board a Cygnus cargo ship carrying more ...

A novel temperature-dependent viscosity mediated strategy proposed by researchers at South China University of Technology was able to suppress the deactivation of Bi dopants during the fiber drawing ...

A new method to improve semiconductor fiber optics may lead to a material structure that might one day revolutionize the global transmission of data, according to an interdisciplinary team of ...

Novel technique incorporates fiber and opto-diodes into wearable material creating washable "smart" fabrics. Soft fabrics: MIT and AFFOA's wearable fibers with embedded electronics. Researchers at MIT ...