Table 2 Manifestation of the optical driving in different nanosheet/substrates systems

From: Photoacoustic 2D actuator via femtosecond pulsed laser action on van der Waals interfaces

Nanosheet-Substrate System

Movement Results

Speed (µm/s)/Energy (nJ)

Efficiency of Movement (μm·s−1·mW−1)

h-BN-Sapphire

No

-

-

MoS2-Sapphire

No

-

-

WSe2-Sapphire

No

-

-

PdSe2-Sapphire

No

-

-

TiSe2-Sapphire

Yes

0.70/11.0

64

VSe2-Sapphire

Yes

1.83/5.0

366

VSe2(CVD)-Sapphire

Yes

1.15/8.4

136