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Optoelectronics & Photonics | Mechanical Properties

Possibilities are endless for new material that moves itself towards light

By Colm Gorey July 31, 2018
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Solar arrays that autonomously bend toward a light source could be possible thanks to a major materials science breakthrough.

Read the article in Silicon Republic.

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