Spinning new materials in a thread for fiber-based electronics, photonics devices

Researchers at MIT have succeeded in making a fine thread that functions as a diode, a device at the heart of modern electronics. This feat — made possible by a new approach to a type of fiber manufacturing known as fiber drawing — could open up possibilities for fabricating a wide variety of electronic and photonic devices within composite fibers, using a variety of materials.

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Spinning new materials in a thread for fiber-based electronics, photonics devices