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Dynamically actuated soft heliconical architecture via frequency of electric fields

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  • Binghui Liu

    (East China University of Science and Technology
    East China University of Science and Technology)

  • Cong-Long Yuan

    (East China University of Science and Technology
    East China University of Science and Technology)

  • Hong-Long Hu

    (East China University of Science and Technology)

  • Hao Wang

    (Kent State University)

  • Yu-Wen Zhu

    (East China University of Science and Technology)

  • Pei-Zhi Sun

    (East China University of Science and Technology)

  • Zhi-Ying Li

    (East China University of Science and Technology)

  • Zhi-Gang Zheng

    (East China University of Science and Technology
    East China University of Science and Technology)

  • Quan Li

    (Kent State University
    Southeast University)

Abstract

Dynamic electric field frequency actuated helical and spiral structures enable a plethora of attributes for advanced photonics and engineering in the contemporary era. Nevertheless, leveraging the frequency responsiveness of adaptive devices and systems within a broad dynamic range and maintaining restrained high-frequency induced heating remain challenging. Herein, we establish a frequency-actuated heliconical soft architecture that is quite distinct from that of common frequency-responsive soft materials. We achieve reversible modulation of the photonic bandgap in a wide spectral range by delicately coupling the frequency-dependent thermal effect, field-induced dielectric torque and elastic equilibrium. Furthermore, an information encoder prototype without the aid of complicated algorithm design is established to analogize an information encoding and decoding process with a more convenient and less costly way. A technique for taming and tailoring the distribution of the pitch length is exploited and embodied in a prototype of a spatially controlled soft photonic cavity and laser emission. This work demonstrates a distinct frequency responsiveness in a heliconical soft system, which may not merely inspire the interest in field-assisted bottom-up molecular engineering of soft matter but also facilitate the practicality of adaptive photonics.

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  • Binghui Liu & Cong-Long Yuan & Hong-Long Hu & Hao Wang & Yu-Wen Zhu & Pei-Zhi Sun & Zhi-Ying Li & Zhi-Gang Zheng & Quan Li, 2022. "Dynamically actuated soft heliconical architecture via frequency of electric fields," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 13(1), pages 1-10, December.
  • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:13:y:2022:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-022-30486-2
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-30486-2
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    1. Zhi-gang Zheng & Yannian Li & Hari Krishna Bisoyi & Ling Wang & Timothy J. Bunning & Quan Li, 2016. "Three-dimensional control of the helical axis of a chiral nematic liquid crystal by light," Nature, Nature, vol. 531(7594), pages 352-356, March.
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