Sunlight-driven eco-friendly smart curtain based on infrared responsive graphene oxide-polymer photoactuators.

ABSTRACT: Photomechanical actuation is the conversion of light energy into mechanical energy through some smart materials. Infrared-responsive smart materials have become an emerging field of research due to easy availability and eco-friendly nature of their stimulus in the form of sunlight, which contains about 50% of near-infrared(nIR) making these materials useful at macro-scale photoactuator applications. Here, we demonstrate fabrication of highly versatile nIR triggered photoactuators based on graphene oxide/polycarbonate bilayers that offers fast, low-cost fabrication, large deflection, reversible actuation and wavelength-selective response. The photoactuators are realized by vacuum filtration of graphene oxide/water dispersion through polycarbonate membrane resulting graphene oxide/polymer bi

SUBMITTER: Leeladhar 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5829250 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature