Title :
3D laser ablation of biocompatible silk fibroin hydrogels for biomedical applications
Author :
Applegate, Matthew B. ; Partlow, Benjamin P. ; Coburn, Jeannine ; Moreau, Jodie ; Mondia, Jessica ; Marelli, Benedetto ; Kaplan, David L. ; Omenetto, Fiorenzo G.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Biomed. Eng., Tufts Univ., Medford, MA, USA
Abstract :
Voids were created inside biocompatible, optically transparent silk fibroin hydrogels via multi-photon ablation in arbitrary 3D patterns at a maximum depth of nearly 1 cm without exogenous photoinitiators.
Keywords :
hydrogels; laser ablation; multiphoton processes; 3D laser ablation; arbitrary 3D patterns; biocompatible silk fibroin hydrogels; biomedical applications; multiphoton ablation; optically transparent silk fibroin hydrogels; voids; Absorption; Biomedical optical imaging; Microscopy; Optical pulses; Polymers; Three-dimensional displays; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
