Periplaneta americana (American cockroach) is a traditional medicinal insect rich in bioactive peptides and amino acids, yet its efficient and green extraction remains challenging due to its complex matrix and the thermolabile nature of its active co...
Reconfigurable chiral metasurfaces with a dynamic polarization manipulation capability are highly required in optical integrated systems. In this paper, we simultaneously realized giant and large-range switchable asymmetric transmission (AT) and circ...
Developing switchable and multifunctional metasurfaces is essential for high-integration photonics. However, most previous studies encountered challenges such as limited degrees of freedom, simple tuning of predefined functionality, and complicated c...
The addition of salt to a colloid solution ensures that emulsions can be easily separated into two phases and that polymer latexes can be coagulated. The switchable stability of emulsions and polymer latexes would improve the properties for their cur...
Dielectric crystals with switchable electric polarizations represent the key functional materials utilized for a broad range of practical applications. They allow for academically intriguing platforms, where the use of a strong external electric fiel...
We demonstrate a physical model of photoalignment and photopatterning based on rotational diffusion in solid azo-dye nanolayers. We also highlight the new applications of photoalignment and photopatterning in display and photonics such as: (i) liquid...
Active lenses with focal tunable properties are highly desired in the modern imaging systems from the visible to the microwaves. In this paper, we demonstrate a terahertz (THz) lens with electrically switchable focal length. It is composed of a large...
In the electric distribution systems, the “Smart Grid” concept is implemented to encourage energy savings and integration of the innovative technologies, helping the distribution network operators (DNOs) in choosing the investment plans w...
Microgels are deformable polymer-networks with conspicuous properties. Their surface- activity associated with their switchability makes their application in liquid-liquid systems, such as extraction processes, particularly promising. For their appli...
Multi-wavelength random lasers with switchable modes have advantages in the fields of novel light source and information security. Here, we propose a dual-wavelength phase transition random laser, which can modulate lasing modes arbitrarily assisted...
Extensive research has been devoted to spiral phase contrast imaging because of its notable capacity to enhance the edges of both phase and amplitude objects. We demonstrate a setup using ferroelectric liquid crystal (FLC) fork grating (FG) to enable...
A new 1.575 GHz active balun with a classic double-balanced Gilbert mixer for global navigation satellite systems is proposed herein. A simple, low-noise amplifier architecture is used with a center-tapped inductor to generate a differential signal e...
A novel polarization-reconfigurable 1 × 8 array beam-scanning antenna based on a switchable vertically crossed balanced feed (VCBF) structure is presented. The designed VCBF structure can provide a stable 180° phase difference by utilizing...
Magnonic systems present a compelling platform for quantum technology, owing to their strong capacity to form hybrid quantum systems via diverse couplings. To unlock the full potential of these systems, the engineering of flexible coupling between mu...
The consumption of phased array radar (PAR) resources affects the accuracy of its multi-target searching and tracking abilities. The jamming methods aimed at PAR involve deceptive jamming and comprehensive jamming strategies, but have the disadvantag...
RF-MEMS, i.e., Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS) for Radio Frequency (RF) passive components, exhibit interesting characteristics for the upcoming 5G and Internet of Things (IoT) scenarios, in which reconfigurable broadband and frequency-agile...
Multifunctional manipulation of optical fields with multiple degrees of freedom is essential for integrated photonic systems, yet achieving coordinated and independent control of polarization and phase remains challenging. Here, we propose a polariza...
This paper presents a compact four-beam dual-polarized phased array with the high performance front-end module based on system-in-package (SiP) technology. By employing high-temperature co-fired ceramic (HTCC) substrates, the proposed design achieves...
This work demonstrates the use of an erbium-doped fiber amplifier (EDFA), a tunable bandpass filter (TBF), and a tunable delay line interferometer (TDLI) to form a ring laser that produces multi-format, multi-wavelength laser beams. The TDLI serves a...
This paper presents a novel, low-cost, portable impedance analyzer system designed for biopotential electrode evaluation and skin/electrode impedance measurement, critical for enhancing bioelectrical signal quality in healthcare applications. In cont...
This paper presents a novel switchable branch-line coupler (BLC) designed to achieve variable phase shifts while maintaining a constant output power. The proposed design incorporates low stepwise phase shifters with incremental phase shifts of 10°...
Temperature-responsive ionic liquids (TRILs) represent a significant advance of smart functional materials with thermally tailorable phase transition behaviors. TRILs exhibit typical lower critical solution temperature (LCST) and upper critical solut...
Monolithic integrated mode converters with high integration are essential to photonic integrated circuits (PICs), and they are widely used in next-generation optical communications and complex quantum systems. It is expected that PICs will become mor...
Compared with conventional two-coil wireless power transfer (WPT) systems, three-coil WPT systems with an intermediate relay coil offer superior performance in terms of transmission distance and tuning flexibility, making them suitable for a wider ra...
Programmable transmissive metasurfaces provide a flexible platform for dynamic electromagnetic wavefront manipulation, yet simultaneously achieving multiple functionalities with a low-complexity binary architecture remains challenging. In this work,...
Multiphase drives offer enhanced fault-tolerant capabilities compared with conventional three-phase ones. Their phase redundancy makes them able to continue running in the event of faults (e.g., open/short-circuits) in certain phases. Moreover, their...
The integration of nanocomposite thin films with combined multifunctionalities on flexible substrates is desired for flexible device design and applications. For example, combined plasmonic and magnetic properties could lead to unique optical switcha...
It has been shown that the thermodynamics of bicontinuous microemulsions can be tailored via the addition of various different amphiphilic polymers. In this manuscript, we now focus on comb-type polymers consisting of hydrophobic backbones and hydrop...
Combining tunable properties and various functionalities into a single metamaterial structure has become a novel research hotspot and can be used to tackle great challenges. The multifunctional metamaterial structure that combines absorption, linear-...
Cerium and chromium co-doped gadolinium aluminum gallium garnets were prepared using sol-gel technique. These compounds potentially can be applied for NIR-LED construction, horticulture and theranostics. Additionally, magnesium and calcium ions were...
In this paper, a dual-wavelength narrow-linewidth fiber laser based on parity-time (PT) symmetry theory is proposed and experimentally demonstrated. The PT-symmetric filter system consists of two optical couplers (OCs), four polarization controllers...
Macrosurfactants consisting of water-soluble poly(vinylcaprolactam) (PVCap) or poly(vinylpyrrolidone) (PVP) segments with comparatively shorter hydrophobic poly(styrene) (PS) or poly(2,3,4,5,6-pentafluorostyrene) (PPFS) segments were used as kinetic...
With the widespread application of fiber laser technology in industries, communications, medical fields, and beyond, the demand for controlling the spatial modes of their output beams has been increasingly growing. Traditional mode control methods ar...
Urban intersection traffic signals play a crucial role in managing traffic flow and ensuring road safety. However, traditional actuated signal controllers make phase-switching decisions based on limited local traffic information, without leveraging n...
This study investigates tri-periodic Horadam-type recurrence systems from both algebraic and computational perspectives. Algebraically, by adapting standard discrete Floquet-type and monodromy matrix viewpoints to the tri-periodic setting, the sequen...
High-resolution power quality monitoring can support energy-saving actions in low-voltage installations by providing data for engineering decisions aimed at reducing unnecessary reactive power flow and associated network losses. This paper presents a...
SmNiO3 thin films on PMN-PT ferroelectric substrates enable electrically switchable strain engineering, an advantage over permanently fixed lattice-mismatch strain. However, strain-engineered resistive switching in SmNiO3 via ferroelectric substrates...
Epigenetics is a widely present mechanism for the modulation of gene expression without alterations in the underlying genetic sequence. Epigenetic signatures are significantly present in bacteria, with DNA methylation playing a key role in the modula...
Facing the dual challenges of energy shortage and environmental degradation, photocatalysis and electrocatalysis have emerged as key technologies for converting small molecules into value-added chemicals, yet their conflicting requirements on the ele...