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SUBMITTER: Seshadri S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7248117 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Seshadri Serena S Gockowski Luke F LF Lee Jaejun J Sroda Miranda M Helgeson Matthew E ME Read de Alaniz Javier J Valentine Megan T MT
Nature communications 20200525 1
We identify unique features of a highly-absorbing negatively photochromic molecular switch, donor acceptor Stenhouse adduct (DASA), that enable its use for self-regulating light-activated control of fluid flow. Leveraging features of DASA's chemical properties and solvent-dependent reaction kinetics, we demonstrate its use for photo-controlled Rayleigh-Bénard convection to generate dynamic, self-regulating flows with unparalleled fluid velocities (~mm s<sup>-1</sup>) simply by illuminating the f ...[more]