• 文献标题:   Photo-Triggered Shape Reconfiguration in Stretchable Reduced Graphene Oxide-Patterned Azobenzene-Functionalized Liquid Crystalline Polymer Networks
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   CHO W, JEON J, EOM W, LEE JG, KIM DG, KIM YS, HAN TH, WIE JJ
  • 作者关键词:   liquid crystalline polymer network, nanocomposite, photomechanical actuation, reduced graphene oxide, stretchable electronic
  • 出版物名称:   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS
  • ISSN:   1616-301X EI 1616-3028
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  • 被引频次:   7
  • DOI:   10.1002/adfm.202102106 EA MAY 2021
  • 出版年:   2021

▎ 摘  要

In recent years, the "Kirigami" have been exploited to engineer stretchable electronics that exhibit enhanced deformability without sacrificing their mechanical and electrical properties. However, kirigami-inspired engineering is often limited to passive mechanical stretching for 3D shape morphing. To counter this problem, in this study, azobenzene-functionalized liquid crystalline polymer networks (azo-LCNs) are monolithically integrated with patterned reduced graphene oxide (rGO), called azo-LCN/rGO, to achieve on-demand shape reconfiguration in response to external stimuli (UV, NIR, solar rays, and portable light); in addition, the azo-LCN/rGO exhibit highly enhanced mechanical and electrical properties. The cross-sectional area and thickness of rGO patterns are controlled using a masking technique and evaporative self-assembly. By the spatial patterning of rGO, insulating azo-LCNs are converted into electrically conducting structures (381.9 S cm(-1)). The elastic modulus of <2 mu m thick azo-LCN can be tailored in the range of 1.3-6.4 GPa by integration with rGO layers of thickness less than 2 mu m. Upon UV irradiation, azo-LCN/rGO exhibit both for/backward in-plane bending as well as out-of-plane chiral twisting, thus overcoming the typical trade-off relationship between elastic modulus and deformability. Finally, an on-demand contactless shape reconfiguration in azo-LCN/rGO by UV irradiation in conjunction with passive mechanical strain is demonstrated.