Direction-Controlled Light-Driven Movement of Microribbons

Yifan Zhang; Cheng Peng; Bin Cui; Zhengfei Wang; Xibin Pang; Renmin Ma; Feng Liu; Yanke Che; Jincai Zhao

doi:10.1002/adma.201602411

Direction-Controlled Light-Driven Movement of Microribbons

Adv Mater. 2016 Oct;28(38):8538-8545. doi: 10.1002/adma.201602411. Epub 2016 Aug 15.

Authors

Yifan Zhang^{1

2}, Cheng Peng^{1

2}, Bin Cui³, Zhengfei Wang³, Xibin Pang^{1

2}, Renmin Ma⁴, Feng Liu^{5

6

7}, Yanke Che^{8

9}, Jincai Zhao^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Key Laboratory of Photochemistry, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China.
² University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China.
³ Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, 84112, USA.
⁴ State Key Lab for Mesoscopic Physics and School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China.
⁵ Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Key Laboratory of Photochemistry, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China. fliu@eng.utah.edu.
⁶ University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China. fliu@eng.utah.edu.
⁷ Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, 84112, USA. fliu@eng.utah.edu.
⁸ Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Key Laboratory of Photochemistry, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China. ykche@iccas.ac.cn.
⁹ University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China. ykche@iccas.ac.cn.

PMID: 27523915
DOI: 10.1002/adma.201602411

Abstract

Novel direction-controlled movements of microribbons self-assembled from perylene diimide molecules are reported on various hydrophobic surfaces under scanning laser irradiation. A "dynamic exciton charge model" is developed to elucidate the underlying mechanism. The findings provide an innovative strategy for the design of microscale systems capable of continuous and directional movement driven by light.

Keywords: direction-controlled movement; directional intermolecular distortion; light-responsive microribbons.