Corrosion of light powered Pt/TiO2 microrobots
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DOI: 10.1016/j.apmt.2020.100659
Abstract: Abstract Catalytic light-powered microrobots have become a major focus in the current autonomous self-propelled micromotors research. The attractiveness of such machines stems from the fact that these motors are liquid “fuel-free”, with their motion modulated… read more here.
Keywords: tio2 microrobots; corrosion light; light powered; light ... See more keywords
Light-powered self-excited bouncing of a liquid crystal elastomer ball
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmecsci.2021.106686
Abstract: Abstract Light-powered self-excited motions of liquid crystal elastomers (LCEs) have great application prospects in the fields of actuators, soft robots, medical devices and micro-nano devices, and are capable of collecting energy directly from the environment… read more here.
Keywords: powered self; system; light powered; excited bouncing ... See more keywords
Development of Direct-Laser-Printable Light-Powered Nanocomposites.
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DOI: 10.1021/acsami.9b05871
Abstract: Four-dimensional (4D) printable light-powered materials have emerged as a new generation of materials for the development of functional devices. The design of these types of materials is mostly based on the trans-cis transformation of azobenzene… read more here.
Keywords: printable light; light powered; laser printable; light ... See more keywords
Light-Powered Dissipative Assembly of Diazocine Coordination Cages
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DOI: 10.1021/jacs.1c12011
Abstract: Stimuli-responsive coordination cages allow reversible control over guest binding and release, relevant for adaptive receptors, carriers, catalysts, and complex systems. Light serves as an advantageous stimulus, as it can be applied with precise spatial and… read more here.
Keywords: powered dissipative; coordination; coordination cages; dissipative assembly ... See more keywords
Light-Powered Reversible Guest Release and Uptake from Zn4L4 Capsules
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DOI: 10.1021/jacs.2c10084
Abstract: A strategy for light-powered guest release from a tetrahedral capsule has been developed by incorporating azobenzene units at its vertices. A new Zn4L4 tetrahedral capsule bearing 12 diazo moieties at its metal-ion vertices was prepared… read more here.
Keywords: powered reversible; guest release; release uptake; release ... See more keywords
Light-powered swarming phoretic antimony chalcogenide-based microrobots with "on-the-fly" photodegradation abilities.
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DOI: 10.1039/d3nr00098b
Abstract: Microrobots are at the forefront of research for biomedical and environmental applications. Whereas a single microrobot exhibits quite low performance in the large-scale environment, swarms of microrobots are representing a powerful tool in biomedical and… read more here.
Keywords: microrobots fly; phoretic antimony; swarming phoretic; powered swarming ... See more keywords
From Light-Powered Motors, to Micro-Grippers, to Crawling Caterpillars, Snails and Beyond—Light-Responsive Oriented Polymers in Action
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DOI: 10.3390/ma15228214
Abstract: “How would you build a robot, the size of a bacteria, powered by light, that would swim towards the light source, escape from it, or could be controlled by means of different light colors, intensities… read more here.
Keywords: light responsive; powered motors; oriented polymers; motors micro ... See more keywords
A Light-Powered Liquid Crystal Elastomer Spring Oscillator with Self-Shading Coatings
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DOI: 10.3390/polym14081525
Abstract: The self-oscillating systems based on stimuli-responsive materials, without complex controllers and additional batteries, have great application prospects in the fields of intelligent machines, soft robotics, and light-powered motors. Recently, the periodic oscillation of an LCE… read more here.
Keywords: spring oscillator; spring; oscillation; self ... See more keywords