Photoactuators for Direct Optical‐to‐Mechanical Energy Conversion: From Nanocomponent Assembly to Macroscopic Deformation
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- Ying Hu
- i‐Lab, Suzhou Institute of Nano‐tech and Nano‐bionics Chinese Academy of Sciences Suzhou 215123 P. R. China
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- Zhe Li
- i‐Lab, Suzhou Institute of Nano‐tech and Nano‐bionics Chinese Academy of Sciences Suzhou 215123 P. R. China
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- Tian Lan
- i‐Lab, Suzhou Institute of Nano‐tech and Nano‐bionics Chinese Academy of Sciences Suzhou 215123 P. R. China
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- Wei Chen
- i‐Lab, Suzhou Institute of Nano‐tech and Nano‐bionics Chinese Academy of Sciences Suzhou 215123 P. R. China
説明
<jats:p>Photoactuators with integrated optical‐to‐mechanical energy conversion capacity have attracted growing research interest in the last few decades due to their unique features of remote control and their wide applications ranging from bionic robots, biomedical devices, and switches to motors. For the photoactuator design, the energy conversion route and structure assembly are two important parts, which directly affect the performance of the photoactuators. In particular, the architectural designs at the molecular, nano‐, micro‐, and macro‐ level, are found to play a significant role in accumulating molecular‐scale strain/stress to macroscale strain/stress. Here, recent progress on photoactuators based on photochemical and photothermal effects is summarized, followed by a discussion of the important assembly strategies for the amplification of the photoresponsive components at nanoscale to macroscopic scale motions. The application advancement of current photoactuators is also presented.</jats:p>
収録刊行物
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- Advanced Materials
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Advanced Materials 28 (47), 10548-10556, 2016-09-08
Wiley