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Sustainable sensors from silk

A biocompatible method for fabricating three-dimensional photonic crystals opens up unique opportunities for structurally coloured biodegradable materials, but also for implantable biosensing and targeted therapeutics on the microscale.

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Figure 1: General scheme for the fabrication of sustainable sensors from naturally sourced raw materials.

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MacLeod, J., Rosei, F. Sustainable sensors from silk. Nature Mater 12, 98–100 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1038/nmat3552

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