Motion
Light can become motion.
Light-responsive micro/nanomotors show how materials, structure, interface, and energy transfer become motion at small scale.
Why MaxwellX includes this field
This field is a clean example of the MaxwellX thesis. Geometry and interface decide how energy becomes work.
Design variables
- material composition
- symmetry and asymmetry
- topology
- optical absorption
- interface chemistry
- photothermal behavior
- photocatalytic response
- medium
- gradient formation
- control by light pattern