Traveling Wave Rotary Micromotor Based on a Photomechanical Response in Liquid Crystal Polymer Networks

[Image: see text] The photomechanical response of liquid crystal polymer networks (LCNs) can be used to directly convert light energy into different forms of mechanical energy. In this study, we demonstrate how a traveling deformation, induced in a liquid crystal polymer ring by a spatially modulate...

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Autores principales: Dradrach, Klaudia, Rogóż, Mikołaj, Grabowski, Przemysław, Xuan, Chen, Węgłowski, Rafał, Konieczkowska, Jolanta, Schab-Balcerzak, Ewa, Piecek, Wiktor, Wasylczyk, Piotr
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Chemical Society 2020
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7497615/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31994378
http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsami.9b20309
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author Dradrach, Klaudia
Rogóż, Mikołaj
Grabowski, Przemysław
Xuan, Chen
Węgłowski, Rafał
Konieczkowska, Jolanta
Schab-Balcerzak, Ewa
Piecek, Wiktor
Wasylczyk, Piotr
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description [Image: see text] The photomechanical response of liquid crystal polymer networks (LCNs) can be used to directly convert light energy into different forms of mechanical energy. In this study, we demonstrate how a traveling deformation, induced in a liquid crystal polymer ring by a spatially modulated laser beam, can be used to drive the ring (the rotor) to rotate around a stationary element (the stator), thus forming a light-powered micromotor. The photomechanical response of the polymer film is modeled numerically, different LCN molecular configurations are studied, and the performance of a 5.5 mm diameter motor is characterized.
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spelling pubmed-74976152020-09-18 Traveling Wave Rotary Micromotor Based on a Photomechanical Response in Liquid Crystal Polymer Networks Dradrach, Klaudia Rogóż, Mikołaj Grabowski, Przemysław Xuan, Chen Węgłowski, Rafał Konieczkowska, Jolanta Schab-Balcerzak, Ewa Piecek, Wiktor Wasylczyk, Piotr ACS Appl Mater Interfaces [Image: see text] The photomechanical response of liquid crystal polymer networks (LCNs) can be used to directly convert light energy into different forms of mechanical energy. In this study, we demonstrate how a traveling deformation, induced in a liquid crystal polymer ring by a spatially modulated laser beam, can be used to drive the ring (the rotor) to rotate around a stationary element (the stator), thus forming a light-powered micromotor. The photomechanical response of the polymer film is modeled numerically, different LCN molecular configurations are studied, and the performance of a 5.5 mm diameter motor is characterized. American Chemical Society 2020-01-29 2020-02-19 /pmc/articles/PMC7497615/ /pubmed/31994378 http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsami.9b20309 Text en Copyright © 2020 American Chemical Society This is an open access article published under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) License (http://pubs.acs.org/page/policy/authorchoice_ccby_termsofuse.html) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the author and source are cited.
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Grabowski, Przemysław
Xuan, Chen
Węgłowski, Rafał
Konieczkowska, Jolanta
Schab-Balcerzak, Ewa
Piecek, Wiktor
Wasylczyk, Piotr
Traveling Wave Rotary Micromotor Based on a Photomechanical Response in Liquid Crystal Polymer Networks
title Traveling Wave Rotary Micromotor Based on a Photomechanical Response in Liquid Crystal Polymer Networks
title_full Traveling Wave Rotary Micromotor Based on a Photomechanical Response in Liquid Crystal Polymer Networks
title_fullStr Traveling Wave Rotary Micromotor Based on a Photomechanical Response in Liquid Crystal Polymer Networks
title_full_unstemmed Traveling Wave Rotary Micromotor Based on a Photomechanical Response in Liquid Crystal Polymer Networks
title_short Traveling Wave Rotary Micromotor Based on a Photomechanical Response in Liquid Crystal Polymer Networks
title_sort traveling wave rotary micromotor based on a photomechanical response in liquid crystal polymer networks
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7497615/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31994378
http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsami.9b20309
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