A high frequency photodriven polymer oscillator
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- 23 July 2008
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Soft Matter
- Vol. 4 (9) , 1796-1798
Abstract
High frequency and large amplitude oscillations are driven by laser exposure in cantilevers made from a photosensitive liquid crystal polymer.Keywords
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