• Photonics Hot List: March 21, 2025

    In this episode: Fiber optics monitor brain injuries, the latest business news, and graphene helps advance flexible displays.
    March 21, 2025

    In this episode of Photonics Hot List:

    An optical fiber sensing system shows promise for patients with traumatic brain injuries. By tracking multiple biomarkers simultaneously, the system continuously and automatically monitors for related complications. The research is published in ACS Sensors.

    In our business news roundup: Irresistible Materials, a spinoff from the University of Birmingham in the U.K., has named a new CEO and board director. And Teradyne is set to join forces with Quantifi Photonics.

    The conventional laser lift-off technique is getting a boost in form of graphene. By exploiting graphene’s properties, a new approach easily and cleanly separates layers in ultrathin displays without causing damage. The research is published in Nature Communications.

    About the Author

    Justine Murphy

    Multimedia Director, Digital Infrastructure

    Justine Murphy is the multimedia director for Endeavor Business Media's Digital Infrastructure Group. She is a multiple award-winning writer and editor with more 20 years of experience in newspaper publishing as well as public relations, marketing, and communications. For nearly 10 years, she has covered all facets of the optics and photonics industry as an editor, writer, web news anchor, and podcast host for an internationally reaching magazine publishing company. Her work has earned accolades from the New England Press Association as well as the SIIA/Jesse H. Neal Awards. She received a B.A. from the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts.

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