Azobenzene-containing liquid crystalline composites for robust ultraviolet detectors based on conversion of illuminance-mechanical stress-electric signals

Abstract

Wearable polymer ultraviolet (UV) detectors seriously suffer from slow response time. Here, the authors propose a UV illuminance-mechanical stress-electric signal conversion based on well-defined ionic liquid-containing liquid crystalline polymer and highly elastic polyurethane composite fabrics, to achieve a robust UV monitoring and shielding device with a fast response time of 5 s.