Biocompatible Silk Printed Optical Waveguides

[*] Prof. F. G. Omenetto, P. Domachuk, J. Amsden, J. Bressner Department of Biomedical Engineering and Department of Physics Tufts University, 4 Colby Street Medford, MA 02155 (USA) E-mail: fiorenzo.omenetto@tufts.edu S. T. Parker, Prof. J. A. Lewis Department of Materials Science and Engineering and Frederick Seitz Materials Research Laboratory University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 1304 West Green Street, Urbana, IL 61801 (USA)

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