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ArticleSensors (Basel, Switzerland)2025

Light-Controlled Soft Switches for Optical Logic Gate Operations.

Chuang Wang, Hao Wu, Quanwang Niu, Xiaohong Yan, Xiangfu Wang

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Article in Sensors (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Chuang WangCollege of Electronic and Optical Engineering & College of Flexible Electronics (Future Technology), Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Nanjing 210023, China.
Hao WuCollege of Electronic and Optical Engineering & College of Flexible Electronics (Future Technology), Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Nanjing 210023, China.
Quanwang NiuCollege of Electronic and Optical Engineering & College of Flexible Electronics (Future Technology), Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Nanjing 210023, China.ORCID 0009-0004-5304-3845
Xiaohong YanCollege of Electronic and Optical Engineering & College of Flexible Electronics (Future Technology), Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Nanjing 210023, China.
Xiangfu WangCollege of Electronic and Optical Engineering & College of Flexible Electronics (Future Technology), Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Nanjing 210023, China.ORCID 0000-0003-2365-3357

Funding

National Key Research and Development Program of China 2022YFA1405200National Natural Science Foundation of China 12174158Natural Science Foundation of the Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions of China 23KJA510005
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

While liquid crystal elastomers (LCEs) show promise for diverse soft actuators due to their strong stimulus responsiveness, limited investigation into their light perception and processing restricts their wider use in intelligent systems. This study employs a hollow double-layer structure to design light-controlled logic soft switches based on LCEs. The design realizes digital logic circuits including AND gates, OR gates, and NOT gates, as well as an optical switch array capable of converting light signals into visualized digital signals. These light-controlled soft switches exhibit strong photothermal responsiveness (~12 s), high programmability, and excellent cyclic stability (>500 times). This research provides a new perspective on light-controlled logic soft switches and their applications in logic circuits.

Indexed as

carbon nanotubeslight-driven soft actuatorliquid crystal elastomerslogic gate

Identifiers

PMID40218563
PMCPMC11991527

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