Photon-driven nanomechanical cyclic motion.
Microcantilevers modified by a monolayer of azobenzene molecules bend up and down periodically, switched by a 365 nm UV light, as a result of the conversion of the two configurations of azobenzene molecules in the monolayer.
Ji
Hai-Feng
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Department of Chemistry, Institute for Micromanufacturing, Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, LA 71272, USA. hji@chem.latech.edu
Feng
Yu
Y
Xu
Xiaohe
X
Purushotham
Vemana
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Thundat
Thomas
T
Brown
Gilbert M
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