Fig. 7: Light responsive structural color actuators based on azobenzene-containing CLC networks. | Light: Science & Applications

Fig. 7: Light responsive structural color actuators based on azobenzene-containing CLC networks.

From: Liquid crystal-based structural color actuators

Fig. 7

a Molecular structures of the monomers used to prepare the CLC networks. b Actuation at 25 °C (below Tg): reflection spectra and photographs of the CLC film with 405 nm light irradiation (right), and after 532 nm light irradiation (left). c Actuation at 50 °C (above Tg): the CLC film exhibited a redshift of the structural color and bending upon 405 nm light irradiation at 50 °C. Reproduced with permission70. Copyright 2020, The Royal Society of Chemistry

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