Fig. 1: System concept. | Nature Communications

Fig. 1: System concept.

From: Light-mediated communication in responsive materials ranging from individual self-oscillators to feedback-driven network

Fig. 1: System concept.The alternative text for this image may have been generated using AI.

a Schematics illustrating light-mediated interaction between two responsive polymers via a feedback loop. Inset is illustration of feedback, →, induce, –|, prohibit. The green line and red line indicate the propagation of two laser beams. b Photographs showing a baffle-actuator system in the relaxed state (top) and deformed state upon light illumination (bottom). The arrow indicates the bending direction of the LCE strip upon actuation. Schematics of baffle-actuator systems depicting the (−)operator (c) and (+)operator (d) that cut off or cut on the light beam when actuated. Relaxed/active (−)operator passes/blocks the light; Relaxed/active (+)operator blocks/passes the light.

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