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Optomechanical elastomeric engine
Milos Knezevic, Mark Warner
Nematic elastomers contract along their director when heated or illuminated (in the case of photoelastomers). We present a conceptual design for an elastomer-based engine to extrac…
Numerical comparison of a constrained path ensemble and a driven quasisteady state
Milos Knezevic, R. M. L. Evans
We investigate the correspondence between a non-equilibrium ensemble defined via the distribution of phase-space paths of a Hamiltonian system, and a system driven into a steady-st…
Photodynamics of stress in clamped nematic elastomers
Milos Knezevic, Mark Warner, Martin Copic +1
We describe the complex time-dependence of the build up of force exerted by a clamped photo-elastomer under illumination. Nonlinear (non-Beer) absorption leads to a bleaching wave…
Photoferroelectric solar to electrical conversion
Milos Knezevic, Mark Warner
We propose a charge pump which converts solar energy into DC electricity. It is based on cyclic changes in the spontaneous electric polarization of a photoferroelectric material, w…