Affiliation:
1. Nanophotonics Research Center, Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Micro-Scale Optical Information Technology, Institute of Microscale Optoelectronics, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China
2. Institute for Advanced Study, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China
Abstract
Using structured light to drive colloidal motors, due to its advantages of remote manipulation, energy tunability, programmability, and the controllability of spatiotemporal distribution, has been attracting much attention in the fields of targeted drug delivery, environmental control, chemical agent detection, and smart device design. Here, we focus on studying the group control of colloidal motors made from a photo-responsive organic polymer molecule NO-COP (N,O-Covalent organic polymer). These colloidal motors mainly respond to light intensity patterns. Considering its merits of fast refreshing speed, good programmability, and high-power threshold, we chose a digital micromirror device (DMD) to modulate the structured light field shining on the sample. It was found that under ultraviolet or green light modulation, such colloidal motors exhibit various group behaviors including group spreading, group patterning, and group migration. A qualitative interpretation is also provided for these observations.
Funder
National Natural Science Foundation of China
the Key Project of Guangdong Provincial Department of Education
the Scientific Instrument Developing Project of ShenZhen University
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