Fang Zhao H, Punckt Christian, Leung Eva Y, Schniepp Hannes C, Aksay Ilhan A
Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA.
Appl Opt. 2010 Dec 10;49(35):6689-96. doi: 10.1364/AO.49.006689.
We have developed electrically conducting silicone elastomer nanocomposites that serve both as compliant electrodes in an electrostatic actuator and, at the same time, as optically active elements creating structural color. We demonstrate the capabilities of our setup by actuating an elastomeric diffraction grating and colloidal-crystal-based photonic structures.
