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

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  • Xuesong Yang

    (Jilin University)

  • Linfeng Lan

    (Jilin University)

  • Liang Li

    (New York University Abu Dhabi
    Sorbonne University Abu Dhabi)

  • Jinyang Yu

    (Tianjin University)

  • Xiaokong Liu

    (Jilin University)

  • Ying Tao

    (Tianjin University)

  • Quan-Hong Yang

    (Tianjin University)

  • Panče Naumov

    (New York University Abu Dhabi
    New York University Abu Dhabi
    Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts
    New York University)

  • Hongyu Zhang

    (Jilin University)

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 power of thermal excitation, and this control can be extended from individual hybrid crystals to motion of ordered two-dimensional arrays of such crystals. We also demonstrate that excitation can be achieved over very long distances (>3 m). The ability to control the shape with infrared light adds to the versatility in the anticipated applications of organic crystals, most immediately in their application as thermally controllable flexible optical waveguides for signal transmission in flexible organic electronics.

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  • Xuesong Yang & Linfeng Lan & Liang Li & Jinyang Yu & Xiaokong Liu & Ying Tao & Quan-Hong Yang & Panče Naumov & Hongyu Zhang, 2023. "Collective photothermal bending of flexible organic crystals modified with MXene-polymer multilayers as optical waveguide arrays," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 14(1), pages 1-11, December.
  • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:14:y:2023:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-023-39162-5
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-39162-5
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