Optical pendulum generator based on photomechanical liquid-crystalline actuators

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 7, Issue 16, 2015, Pages 8393-8397

  Tang, Rong ^a   Liu, Ziyi ^a   Xu, Dandan ^a   Liu, Jian ^a   Yu, Li ^b   Yu, Haifeng ^b,c  

^a SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Peking University   (China)

Author keywords

electromagnetic induction; liquid crystalline actuator; optical pendulum generator; photoactive materials; photomechanical materials

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION; LIFE CYCLE; LIQUIDS; PENDULUMS;

CANTILEVER ACTUATORS; ELECTRICAL OUTPUT; FARADAY'S LAW OF ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTIONS; LIGHT INTENSITY; LIQUID CRYSTALLINE; MAGNETIC LINES; OPTICAL PENDULUM GENERATOR; PHOTOACTIVE MATERIALS;

LIGHT;

EID: 84928787138     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b01732     Document Type: Article

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