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Light‐Driven Continual Oscillatory Rocking of a Polymer Film
Achieving oscillatory motion in polymers without requiring on/off switching of stimuli is a current challenge. Hereby, a free‐standing liquid crystal polymer (LCP) is demonstrated to undergo a sustained oscillatory motion when triggered by light, moving back and forth, resembling the motion of a roc...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7646255/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33204586 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/open.202000237 |
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author | Pilz da Cunha, Marina Peeketi, Akhil R. Ramgopal, Adithya Annabattula, Ratna K. Schenning, Albert P. H. J. |
author_facet | Pilz da Cunha, Marina Peeketi, Akhil R. Ramgopal, Adithya Annabattula, Ratna K. Schenning, Albert P. H. J. |
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description | Achieving oscillatory motion in polymers without requiring on/off switching of stimuli is a current challenge. Hereby, a free‐standing liquid crystal polymer (LCP) is demonstrated to undergo a sustained oscillatory motion when triggered by light, moving back and forth, resembling the motion of a rocking‐chair. Two polymer films having different azobenzene photo‐switches have been studied, revealing photoswitch requirements as well as illumination conditions necessary to sustain oscillations. The motion presented here shows how feedback loops involving light‐triggered actuation, self‐shadowing and a shifting center of gravity can be utilized to achieve self‐sustained motion in free‐standing polymers. |
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spelling | pubmed-76462552020-11-16 Light‐Driven Continual Oscillatory Rocking of a Polymer Film Pilz da Cunha, Marina Peeketi, Akhil R. Ramgopal, Adithya Annabattula, Ratna K. Schenning, Albert P. H. J. ChemistryOpen Communications Achieving oscillatory motion in polymers without requiring on/off switching of stimuli is a current challenge. Hereby, a free‐standing liquid crystal polymer (LCP) is demonstrated to undergo a sustained oscillatory motion when triggered by light, moving back and forth, resembling the motion of a rocking‐chair. Two polymer films having different azobenzene photo‐switches have been studied, revealing photoswitch requirements as well as illumination conditions necessary to sustain oscillations. The motion presented here shows how feedback loops involving light‐triggered actuation, self‐shadowing and a shifting center of gravity can be utilized to achieve self‐sustained motion in free‐standing polymers. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2020-11-06 /pmc/articles/PMC7646255/ /pubmed/33204586 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/open.202000237 Text en © 2020 The Authors. Published by Wiley-VCH GmbH This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Communications Pilz da Cunha, Marina Peeketi, Akhil R. Ramgopal, Adithya Annabattula, Ratna K. Schenning, Albert P. H. J. Light‐Driven Continual Oscillatory Rocking of a Polymer Film |
title | Light‐Driven Continual Oscillatory Rocking of a Polymer Film |
title_full | Light‐Driven Continual Oscillatory Rocking of a Polymer Film |
title_fullStr | Light‐Driven Continual Oscillatory Rocking of a Polymer Film |
title_full_unstemmed | Light‐Driven Continual Oscillatory Rocking of a Polymer Film |
title_short | Light‐Driven Continual Oscillatory Rocking of a Polymer Film |
title_sort | light‐driven continual oscillatory rocking of a polymer film |
topic | Communications |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7646255/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33204586 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/open.202000237 |
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