Biocompatible silk step-index optical waveguides

Biomedical Optics Express

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 4221-4227

  Applegate, Matthew B ^a   Perotto, Giovanni ^a   Kaplan, David L ^a   Omenetto, Fiorenzo G ^a,b  

^a Tufts University   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomaterials; Medical optics instrumentation; Polymers; Waveguides

Indexed keywords

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIOMATERIALS; FUNCTIONAL POLYMERS; LIGHT; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; POLYMERS;

BIOLOGICAL TISSUES; GLASS OPTICAL FIBERS; MEDICAL OPTICS INSTRUMENTATION; PROPAGATION LOSS; SILK FIBROIN; SILK FILM; SILK HYDROGELS;

WAVEGUIDES;

GLASS FIBER; POLITEF; POLYSORBATE 20; SILK FIBROIN;

ARTICLE; BOVINE; CELL GROWTH; ELLIPSOMETRY; GENERAL MEDICAL DEVICE; HYDROGEL; MOULD; NONHUMAN; SILK WAVEGUIDE;

EID: 84961857165     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21567085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/BOE.6.004221     Document Type: Article

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