Steering with light: indexable photomotility in liquid crystalline polymers

Abstract

Harnessing light to achieve manipulation and motility in meso and mm-scale systems offers the ability to remotely trigger actuation without requiring on-board power.

Document Details

Document Type
Pub Defense Publication
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2017
Source ID
10.1039/c7ra10619j

Entities

People

  • J. Arul Clement
  • Kaushik Dayal
  • M Ravi Shankar
  • Mahnoush Babaei

Organizations

  • Air Force Office of Scientific Research
  • Army Research Office
  • Carnegie Mellon University
  • National Science Foundation
  • Office of Naval Research
  • United States Army
  • University of Pittsburgh

Tags

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerospace Test and Evaluation
  • Nanocomposite Materials Science