Collective photothermal bending of flexible organic crystals modified with MXene-polymer multilayers as optical waveguide arrays.

ABSTRACT: The performance of any engineering material is naturally limited by its structure, and while each material suffers from one or multiple shortcomings when considered for a particular application, these can be potentially circumvented by hybridization with other materials. By combining organic crystals with MXenes as thermal absorbers and charged polymers as adhesive counter-ionic components, we propose a simple access to flexible hybrid organic crystal materials that have the ability to mechanically respond to infrared light. The ensuing hybrid organic crystals are durable, respond fast, and can be cycled between straight and deformed state repeatedly without fatigue. The point of flexure and the curvature of the crystals can be precisely controlled by modulating the position, duration, and

SUBMITTER: Yang X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10279756 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature