Making light work of artificial muscles
Friday, January 21, 2011 - 11:02
in Physics & Chemistry
A new form of self-assembling polymer film that bends and stretches when hit by light is pointing the way to a new family of functional materials. This flexing film is the first material to have been made by coaxing complex molecules to form large-scale, highly ordered three dimensional arrays -- a discovery that could change the way that many active material are made, from artificial muscles to solar cells.
