I've always been curious about fiber optics. And recently found out about liquid lightguides.
In a nutshell: you need a transmission medium with a high refractive index, clad in a medium with a low refractive index. The greater the difference, the easier you can get light to bounce around nicely.
I ended up using glycerine/glycerol as the transmission medium, Chemfluor 367 as the cladding.
Pictures below: - bit more of an intense light burst, and one of my boys having fun shining the light in one end of a tube, and getting it out the other side :)
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