Light-induced Conductance Switching in Photomechanically Active Carbon Nanotube-Polymer Composites

• Published in: Scientific reports Vol. 7; no. 1; pp. 9648 - 9
• Main Authors: Schneider, V., Polonskyi, O., Strunskus, T., Elbahri, M., Faupel, F.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 29.08.2017; Nature Publishing Group
• Subjects: 132/122; 142/126; 142/136; 639/301/357/339; 639/301/357/73; 639/301/357/995; Carbon; Chromophores; Conductance; Conduction; Humanities and Social Sciences; Mechanical properties; multidisciplinary; Nanocomposites; Nanotechnology; Nanotubes; Polycaprolactone; Polymers; Science; Science (multidisciplinary)

Novel, optically responsive devices with a host of potential applications have been demonstrated by coupling carbon nanomaterials with photochromic molecules. For light-induced conductance switching in particular, we have recently shown that carbon nanotube-polymer nanocomposites containing azobenze...