Triple energy conversion cascade in a densely charged redox active covalent organic actuator

• Published in: Nature communications Vol. 16; no. 1; pp. 5083 - 12
• Main Authors: Garai, Bikash, Das, Gobinda, Duncan, Connor M., Nour, Hany F., Benyettou, Farah, Prakasam, Thirumurugan, Varghese, Sabu, Hamoud, Houeida Issa, El-Roz, Mohamad, Martinez, Jose Ignacio, Gándara, Felipe, Olson, Mark A., Trabolsi, Ali
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 31.05.2025; Nature Publishing Group; Nature Portfolio
• Subjects: 140/131; 147/135; 147/143; 639/301/1005/1006; 639/301/357/1018; 639/638/298/923/1028; Actuation; Actuators; Artificial muscles; Charge transfer; Chemical energy; Covalence; Deicers; Deicing; Energy charge; Energy conversion; Film thickness; Humanities and Social Sciences; Hydrogen bonding; Ice accumulation; Light intensity; Luminous intensity; multidisciplinary; Muscles; Payloads; Robotics; Science; Science (multidisciplinary); Thermal energy; Ultraviolet radiation

Development of efficient actuators and understanding of their mechanisms are crucial for progress in areas such as soft robotics and artificial muscles. Here, we report a self-standing film of an ionic covalent organic framework ( V 2+ –TG ) composed of cationic guanidinium and viologen linkers, whi...