Nature Communications (Mar 2021)

Light-activated shape morphing and light-tracking materials using biopolymer-based programmable photonic nanostructures

  • Yu Wang,
  • Meng Li,
  • Jan-Kai Chang,
  • Daniele Aurelio,
  • Wenyi Li,
  • Beom Joon Kim,
  • Jae Hwan Kim,
  • Marco Liscidini,
  • John A. Rogers,
  • Fiorenzo G. Omenetto

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-21764-6
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Programmable optical actuation in a material provides special possibilities for applications. Here, the authors combine photonic crystals with elastomers to provide material composites with tunable deformation and actuation as a function of moving light.