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We demonstrated the fabrication of gold microstructures inside a PEG-based hydrogel with different charged fluorophores by multi-photon photoreduction. By adding an anionic charged FITC-dextran or a cationic charged Rhodamine110 to the metal ion solution, line width of the fabricated gold microstructures increased compared to that of the structures fabricated in fluorophore-free hydrogel. The photobleaching could enhanced the reduction of gold ions accompanying the oxidation of the fluorophores. Notably, the inhibition of reduction of gold ions at a site other than the focal point was observed with FITC-dextran, which may be attributable to the coordination of gold ions to FITC-dextran.
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