Photomotility of polymers

Jeong Jae Wie; M. Ravi Shankar; Timothy J. White

doi:10.1038/ncomms13260

Nature Communications (Nov 2016)

Photomotility of polymers

Jeong Jae Wie,
M. Ravi Shankar,
Timothy J. White

Affiliations

Jeong Jae Wie: Air Force Research Laboratory, Materials & Manufacturing Directorate
M. Ravi Shankar: Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Pittsburgh
Timothy J. White: Air Force Research Laboratory, Materials & Manufacturing Directorate

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms13260
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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The demand for soft robots urges the development of new light-responsive materials for remotely powered actuation. Here, Wie et al. show directional motion over centimeter scales using azobenzene-functionalized liquid crystalline polymer films upon continuous radiation from ultraviolet to visible light.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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