Optical motion control of liquid crystalline droplets by host-guest molecular interaction.
basic_science · Level V
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Abstract
Photo-induced motion is demonstrated for a photo-responsive dye-doped liquid crystal (LC) droplet in a surfactant solution. The LC droplets started rolling on a substrate during UV irradiation and moved either toward or away from the UV light, depending on the functional groups of the guest dyes. The mechanism is explained by the Marangoni flow caused by the photo-isomerization-induced adsorption and desorption of the dye molecules to and from the LC/solution interfaces.