Fig. 2: Fabrication and characterization of the THFOW. | Nature Communications

Fig. 2: Fabrication and characterization of the THFOW.

From: Temperature-adaptive hydrogel optical waveguide with soft tissue-affinity for thermal regulated interventional photomedicine

Fig. 2

Schematic illustration of (a) the fabricating process of the THFOW and (b) heat emission from the core monomer precursor; (c) Photos of the (N70D30)50 hydrogel and the fabricated THFOW; Photos of (d) a bobbin of the fabricated THFOW and (e) Cross-sectional and side view of the THFOW in deionized water, scale bar = 1000 μm; (f) Light transmission within the THFOW.

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