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Shan D, Gerhard E, Zhang C, Tierney JW, Xie D, Liu Z, Yang J. Polymeric biomaterials for biophotonic applications. Bioact Mater 2018; 3:434-445. [PMID: 30151431 PMCID: PMC6086320 DOI: 10.1016/j.bioactmat.2018.07.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2018] [Revised: 07/26/2018] [Accepted: 07/28/2018] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
Abstract
With the growing importance of optical techniques in medical diagnosis and treatment, there exists a pressing need to develop and optimize materials platform for biophotonic applications. Particularly, the design of biocompatible and biodegradable materials with desired optical, mechanical, chemical, and biological properties is required to enable clinically relevant biophotonic devices for translating in vitro optical techniques into in situ and in vivo use. This technological trend propels the development of natural and synthetic polymeric biomaterials to replace traditional brittle, nondegradable silica glass based optical materials. In this review, we present an overview of the advances in polymeric optical material development, optical device design and fabrication techniques, and the accompanying applications to imaging, sensing and phototherapy.
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Affiliation(s)
- Dingying Shan
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Materials Research Institute, The Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, 16802, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Materials Research Institute, The Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, 16802, USA
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- Department of Electrical Engineering, Materials Research Institute, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, 16802, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering and Computing, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, 29201, USA
| | - Daniel Xie
- Assumption College School, Winsor, ON, Canada
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- Department of Electrical Engineering, Materials Research Institute, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, 16802, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Materials Research Institute, The Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, 16802, USA
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