Making waves in a photoactive polymer film

Anne Helene Gelebart, Dirk Jan Mulder, Michael Varga, Andrew Konya, Ghislaine Vantomme, E. W. Meijer, Robin L. B. Selinger () and Dirk J. Broer ()
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Anne Helene Gelebart: Laboratory for Functional Organic Materials and Devices (SFD), Eindhoven University of Technology
Dirk Jan Mulder: Laboratory for Functional Organic Materials and Devices (SFD), Eindhoven University of Technology
Michael Varga: Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program, Liquid Crystal Institute, Kent State University
Andrew Konya: Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program, Liquid Crystal Institute, Kent State University
Ghislaine Vantomme: Institute for Complex Molecular Systems (ICMS), Eindhoven University of Technology
E. W. Meijer: Institute for Complex Molecular Systems (ICMS), Eindhoven University of Technology
Robin L. B. Selinger: Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program, Liquid Crystal Institute, Kent State University
Dirk J. Broer: Laboratory for Functional Organic Materials and Devices (SFD), Eindhoven University of Technology

Nature, 2017, vol. 546, issue 7660, 632-636

Abstract: Illumination of thin liquid-crystal polymer films that contain azobenzene derivatives with short thermal relaxation times induces a continuous wave motion throughout the films, owing to a feedback loop driven by material self-shadowing.

Date: 2017
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