Optical fiber sensors have attracted considerable attention for marine environment and
marine structural health monitoring, owing to advantages including resistance to …

Fiber Bragg grating has embraced the area of fiber optics since the early days of its
discovery, and most fiber optic sensor systems today make use of fiber Bragg grating …

The direct exposure of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) is widely related to several
adverse health effects. Therefore, an accurate amount of its usage is necessary required …

Fiber‐optic technology emerged originally for applications in data transmission and
telecommunications. However, sensors based on fiber‐optics have been developed rapidly …

This paper presents the development and application of a multiparameter, quasi-distributed
smart textile based on embedded highly stretchable polymer optical fiber (POF) sensors …

Advances in medicine and improvements in life quality has led to an increase in the life
expectancy of the general population. An ageing world population have placed demands on …

Recent advances in understanding the importance of respiratory frequency (f R) as a
sensitive marker of a variety of physiopathological stressors are fostering growing interest in …

Chronic wounds affect around 2% of the world population with an annual multi-billion dollar
cost to the healthcare system. This background pushes the development of new therapies …

The fiber optic gyro (FOG), which is currently one of the most widely used fiber optic sensors,
has firmly occupied a considerable market share of inertial sensors and offers the benefits of …

The monitoring of human physiological signs and body functions, such as respiration rate,
heart rate, foot pressure, and joint movement, plays an important role in medical advances …