A New Opto-Mechanical Effect in Solids
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- 15 June 2001
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 87 (1), 015501
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.87.015501
Abstract
We propose that large, reversible shape changes in solids, of between , can be induced optically by photoisomerizing monodomain nematic elastomers. Empirical and molecular analysis of shape change and its relation to thermal effects is given along with a simple model of the dynamics of response. Our experiments demonstrate these effects for the first time and theory is compared qualitatively with our results.
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