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Schematic representation of a polymer gel whose chains are cross-linked using rotating molecular motors (the red and blue parts of the motor can turn relative to each other when provided with energy). Right: When exposed to light, the motors start to rotate, twisting the polymer chains and contracting the gel by as much as 80% of its initial volume: in this way, part of the light energy is stored as mechanical energy. © Gad Fuks / Nicolas Giuseppone / Mathieu Lejeune

Gel contracts like muscle and stores light energy

January 26, 2015 - Updated on November 16, 2020

Researchers at the Université de Strasbourg made a polymer gel that is able to contract similar to how a muscle ...

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