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Circularly Polarized Light-driven Liquid Crystal Elastomer Actuators

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Corresponding AuthorLuo, Dan
Publication Years
2023-02-01
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ISSN
2195-1071
Abstract
Photo-responsive liquid crystal elastomer (LCE) actuator is of paramount significance for emerging applications in soft robotics, biomimetic devices, and adaptive optical devices. However, to achieve circularly polarized light-driven LCE actuator, which can provide an additional degree of freedom of light in the control method, is still a challenge. Herein, a circularly polarized light-driven LCE actuator is demonstrated. The actuator is fabricated by bonding a cholesteric liquid crystal (CLC) film, which is capable of selectively reflecting and transmitting circularly polarized light, with a photothermal agent doped LCE film in splay configuration as a bilayer structure. An electrically controlled optical system with a fast switching ability of circularly polarized light's handedness has been developed to study the circularly polarized light-response bending property of the proposed actuator under various periodic driven voltage schemes. A crawler driven by circularly polarized light based on CLC-LCE actuator is demonstrated experimentally with different moving modes. The application of circularly polarized light in the LCE actuator driving provides an additional controlling degree of freedom for photo-responsive LCE actuators besides the wavelength, spatial distribution, and linear polarization of light, showing wide application prospects in soft robotics, biomimetic technologies, and adaptive optical devices.
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SUSTech Authorship
First ; Corresponding
Funding Project
National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)["62175098","61875081"] ; Guangdong Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation[2021B1515020097]
WOS Research Area
Materials Science ; Optics
WOS Subject
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary ; Optics
WOS Accession No
WOS:000921895100001
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Web of Science
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Cited Times [WOS]:0
Document TypeJournal Article
Identifierhttp://kc.sustech.edu.cn/handle/2SGJ60CL/475012
DepartmentDepartment of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Affiliation
1.Southern Univ Sci & Technol, Dept Elect & Elect Engn, Xueyuan Rd 1088, Shenzhen 518055, Guangdong, Peoples R China
2.Shenzhen Inst Informat Technol, Coll Microelect, Longxiang Rd 2188, Shenzhen 518172, Guangdong, Peoples R China
First Author AffilicationDepartment of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Corresponding Author AffilicationDepartment of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
First Author's First AffilicationDepartment of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Recommended Citation
GB/T 7714
Li, Yong,Liu, Yanjun,Luo, Dan. Circularly Polarized Light-driven Liquid Crystal Elastomer Actuators[J]. Advanced Optical Materials,2023.
APA
Li, Yong,Liu, Yanjun,&Luo, Dan.(2023).Circularly Polarized Light-driven Liquid Crystal Elastomer Actuators.Advanced Optical Materials.
MLA
Li, Yong,et al."Circularly Polarized Light-driven Liquid Crystal Elastomer Actuators".Advanced Optical Materials (2023).
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