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Light activated non-reciprocal motion in liquid crystalline networks by designed microactuator architecture

Published:2017 Issue:32 Volume:7 Page:19940-19947
ISSN:2046-2069
Container-title:RSC Advances
language:en
Short-container-title:RSC Adv.

Author:

Martella D.¹²³⁴⁵^ORCID,Antonioli D.⁶⁷⁸⁴^ORCID,Nocentini S.¹²³⁴^ORCID,Wiersma D. S.¹²³⁴^ORCID,Galli G.⁹¹⁰¹¹⁴^ORCID,Laus M.⁶⁷⁸⁴,Parmeggiani C.¹²³⁴¹²^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. European Laboratory for Non-Linear Spectroscopy (LENS)

2. Università degli Studi di Firenze

3. 50019 Sesto Fiorentino

4. Italy

5. Dipartimento di Chimica “Ugo Schiff”

6. Dipartimento di Scienze e Innovazione Tecnologica (DISIT)

7. Universitá del Piemonte Orientale “A. Avogadro”

8. 15121 Alessandria

9. Dipartimento di Chimica e Chimica Industriale and UdR Pisa INSTM

10. Università di Pisa

11. 56124 Pisa

12. Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche – Istituto Nazionale di Ottica

Abstract

The cross-linking density controls light induced deformation dynamics in liquid crystalline networks. A double stripe system featuring different crosslinking densities affords non reciprocal and asymmetric millisecond movements at the microscale.

Funder

Seventh Framework Programme

Publisher

Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)

Subject

General Chemical Engineering,General Chemistry

Link

http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlepdf/2017/RA/C7RA03224B

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