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Jul 6, 2016

Innovative Plastic Material has Ability to Move Spontaneously in Visible Light

Posted by in categories: solar power, sustainability

It would be interesting to see how this could be used in solar panels that can adjust themselves to capture the best/ high quality sun rays;


Written by AZoM

A team of researchers from Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) and Humboldt University in Berlin showcased a thin layer of plastic material in the Nature Communications journal, which has the capacity to move spontaneously under the influence of daylight. The researchers feel that this flexible plastic is appropriate as a self-cleaning surface, for example it can be used in solar cells.

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