Multiple device applications based on the photo-mobile polymers are proposed in the PULSE-COM project, including an energy harvesting system. This device converts light-induced movement of the photo-mobile polymer into electrical energy via the piezoelectric effect. The system consists not only of the harvester itself but must also be integrated with the rectification and energy storage…
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Over the course of the PULSE-COM project, prototypes of different devices based on the photo-piezo layered system are being created. In order to perform characterization and benchmarks, several test benches are being developed. One of them is the solar simulator operated in CBRTP. This device, equipped with a xenon arc lamp, produces white illumination commonly…
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SITEX 45 has developped different devices to be introduced in a reconfigurable optical network: an optical fiber fixing device, a laser diode power supply and a photodetector. A special fixing device has been designed and manufactured to perform the best positioning and accurate fixing of special Optical Fibers (OF) during testing under wavelength radiation beam.…
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CTEC prepared an experimental setup for measuring the displacement of the Photo-Mobile Polymer (PMP), while exposed to light. The goal is to observe and quantify the displacement of the PMP in time, when it is exposed to light, and the effect of the light intensity on this displacement. The experimental setup is made of a…
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For the realization of the reaction cells a film of PVA about 10 nm was spinned and on which a directional rubbing must be carried out in order to facilitate the alignment of the liquid crystals present inside the photomobile polymers. An automatic system, for the rubbing of polymeric films that have to be used…
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Piezoelectric semiconducting nanowires have attracted a lot of attention recently because of their intrinsic enhanced properties compared to bulk materials. For instance, they are more sensible to small forces [1], they show reduced dielectric properties [2] and higher piezoelectric properties [3]. All this combined could potentially increase their efficiency as transducers [4]. Simulations show that…
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The use of stimuli-responsive polymeric materials is nowadays a hot topic because of their immense application possibilities. The deformation of PMP are intended to be induced and controlled by impinging ligth by its intensity, polarization state, wavelength. Specifically, PMP actuators change their shape or volume in response to light [1]. We have developed two different…
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CNR has presented a poster at the Summer School 2020 “Computational Photonics” at Karlsruhe (21 to 25 September 2020). It is called “Nanostructures and Photo-Mobile Materials to manipulate ligth by ligth“. Meet Massimo Rippa to have explanations!
PULSE-COM partners have gathered in Cetraro (Italy) from 12th to 14th of September Despite these troubled times with Covid-19 it has been possible for us to gather and to work hard on, among other things: technical advancement of the project, KPIs, risks and to have our first meeting with our prestigious Advisory Board. This fruitful…
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