Fig. 4: Animal experiment of thermal protection for the skin. | npj Flexible Electronics

Fig. 4: Animal experiment of thermal protection for the skin.

From: Soft, stretchable thermal protective substrates for wearable electronics

Fig. 4

a Photos of wearable heaters with the PDMS substrate (left) and TPS (right) attached to the mice skin. b Thermal images of the mice skin after heating for 40 s. c The temperature change along the dotted line in Fig. 4b. d Photos of mice after experimenting in NC (left), PDMS (middle), and TPS (right) group. e The area of damaged skin in NC, PDMS, and TPS group. f Hematoxylin-eosin (H&E) staining of mice skin in NC (left), PDMS (middle), and TPS (right) group. g The epidermal thickness in NC, PDMS, and TPS group. The thickness of the substrate is 1.3 mm and the heating power is 445 mW.

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