Flexible Transient Optical Waveguides and Surface-Wave Biosensors Constructed from Monocrystalline Silicon.
Wubin BaiHongjun YangYinji MaHao ChenJiho ShinYonghao LiuQuansan YangIrawati KandelaZhonghe LiuSeung-Kyun KangChen WeiChad R HaneyAnlil BrikhaXiaochen GeXue FengPaul V BraunYonggang HuangWeidong ZhouJohn A RogersPublished in: Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.) (2018)
Optical technologies offer important capabilities in both biological research and clinical care. Recent interest is in implantable devices that provide intimate optical coupling to biological tissues for a finite time period and then undergo full bioresorption into benign products, thereby serving as temporary implants for diagnosis and/or therapy. The results presented here establish a silicon-based, bioresorbable photonic platform that relies on thin filaments of monocrystalline silicon encapsulated by polymers as flexible, transient optical waveguides for accurate light delivery and sensing at targeted sites in biological systems. Comprehensive studies of the mechanical and optical properties associated with bending and unfurling the waveguides from wafer-scale sources of materials establish general guidelines in fabrication and design. Monitoring biochemical species such as glucose and tracking physiological parameters such as oxygen saturation using near-infrared spectroscopic methods demonstrate modes of utility in biomedicine. These concepts provide versatile capabilities in biomedical diagnosis, therapy, deep-tissue imaging, and surgery, and suggest a broad range of opportunities for silicon photonics in bioresorbable technologies.
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- healthcare
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- cerebral ischemia
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- wastewater treatment
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- stem cells
- blood glucose
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- mesenchymal stem cells
- clinical practice
- metabolic syndrome
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- coronary artery disease
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- atrial fibrillation
- weight loss
- single cell
- acute coronary syndrome
- cancer therapy
- blood pressure
- insulin resistance
- cell therapy
- brain injury
- case control
- smoking cessation
- surgical site infection