An Unconventional Approach to Photomobile Composite Polymer Films.
Photomobile polymer (Pmp) films are fabricated by using a cheap and fast process. The working mechanism of the Pmp-film motion under illumination is explained. Details concerning the film structure and formation are given. Two related applications regarding light-induced caterpillar-miming motion and photocontrolled electrical switches are proposed.
Institute of Applied Sciences and Intelligent Systems-ISASI, CNR, Via Campi Flegrei, 34, Comprensorio Olivetti, 80078, Pozzuoli, Napoli, Italy.|Istituto Nanoscienze-CNR, Scuola Normale Superiore, Piazza San Silvestro, 12, 56127, Pisa, PI, Italy.
Riccardo
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Castagna
The BioRobotics Institute, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Viale Rinaldo Piaggio 34, 56025, Pontedera, PI, Italy.|Center for Micro-BioRobotics @SSSA, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Viale Rinaldo Piaggio 34, 56025, Pontedera, PI, Italy.
Luca
L
Nucara
Dipartimento SIMAU, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Via Brecce Bianche, 60131, Ancona, AN, Italy.
Francesco
F
Simoni
Istituto Chimico, Facoltà di Ingegneria, Università di Bologna, Viale Risorgimento, 2, I-401 36, Bologna, Italy.
Lucedio
L
Greci
Institute of Applied Sciences and Intelligent Systems-ISASI, CNR, Via Campi Flegrei, 34, Comprensorio Olivetti, 80078, Pozzuoli, Napoli, Italy.
Massimo
M
Rippa
Institute of Applied Sciences and Intelligent Systems-ISASI, CNR, Via Campi Flegrei, 34, Comprensorio Olivetti, 80078, Pozzuoli, Napoli, Italy.
Lucia
L
Petti
Dipartimento SIMAU, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Via Brecce Bianche, 60131, Ancona, AN, Italy.
Daniele E
DE
Lucchetta
light-driven robots; photopolymers; photoresponsive actuators; smart materials