Royal societyscience exhibition
2024
We are investigating short wavelength UV light to cut away unwanted cells like tumours, and remove infections, without harming the surrounding healthy tissues.
using uv light for clinical applications
UV light is a form of radiation that is emitted from the sun.
UV light has both positive and negative effects.
It can be split into 3 categories, UVA, UVB and UVC. UVC light is known to kill bacteria.
How do we transport UV light to areas of the body non-invasively?
our optical fibre based technology
Normal optical fibres are long strands of solid glass which transmit light.
Deep UV light cannot be transmitted through a normal solid glass optical fibre.
our optical fibre based technology
We have solved these problems in u-Care by making specially designed fibres which transmit light through a hollow core, essential for guiding light at deep UV wavelengths.
How Do we make our optical fibres?
At the University of Bath we have a fibre fabrication facility where we use silica glass tubes and doped silica rods to make optical fibres. A meter long silica tube is pulled into thin fibres but pulling the glass fibre out of a hot furnace faster than we feed the structure in.
How Do we make our optical fibres?
COnstructing the pre-form chandelier
Deep ultraviolet light therapies
A collaboration between the University of Edinburgh, Heriot-Watt University, and the University of Bath
For more information or resources please visit our website
https://www.u-care.ac.uk/
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Royal societyscience exhibition
2024
We are investigating short wavelength UV light to cut away unwanted cells like tumours, and remove infections, without harming the surrounding healthy tissues.
using uv light for clinical applications
UV light is a form of radiation that is emitted from the sun.
UV light has both positive and negative effects.
It can be split into 3 categories, UVA, UVB and UVC. UVC light is known to kill bacteria.
How do we transport UV light to areas of the body non-invasively?
our optical fibre based technology
Normal optical fibres are long strands of solid glass which transmit light.
Deep UV light cannot be transmitted through a normal solid glass optical fibre.
our optical fibre based technology
We have solved these problems in u-Care by making specially designed fibres which transmit light through a hollow core, essential for guiding light at deep UV wavelengths.
How Do we make our optical fibres?
At the University of Bath we have a fibre fabrication facility where we use silica glass tubes and doped silica rods to make optical fibres. A meter long silica tube is pulled into thin fibres but pulling the glass fibre out of a hot furnace faster than we feed the structure in.
How Do we make our optical fibres?
COnstructing the pre-form chandelier
Deep ultraviolet light therapies
A collaboration between the University of Edinburgh, Heriot-Watt University, and the University of Bath
For more information or resources please visit our website
https://www.u-care.ac.uk/