Silk Fibroin Screw (IMAGE)

Tufts University

Silk Fibroin Screw

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A silk fibroin screw fabricated with golden nanorods can be heated to 160 C when exposed to infrared light emitted by an LED.

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Silklab, Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Engineering, Tufts University

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