Multimaterial piezoelectric fibres

• Published in: Nature materials Vol. 9; no. 8; pp. 643 - 648
• Main Authors: Fink, Y, Egusa, S, Wang, Z, Chocat, N, Ruff, Z. M, Stolyarov, A. M, Shemuly, D, Sorin, F, Rakich, P. T, Joannopoulos, J. D
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Nature Publishing Group 01.08.2010
• Subjects: Communication systems; Crystallography; Devices; Electricity; Electrodes; Fiber optics; Fibers; Fibres; Materials science; Optical fibers; Piezoelectricity; Polymers; Silica; Silica glass

Fibre materials span a broad range of applications ranging from simple textile yarns to complex modern fibre-optic communication systems. Throughout their history, a key premise has remained essentially unchanged: fibres are static devices, incapable of controllably changing their properties over a...