A new "photoelectrochemical actuator" consisting of poly(acrylic acid)/copper gel and TiO2 nanoparticles has been developed, which undergoes reversible expansion/contraction upon UV light irradiation/termination, likely due to dissociation/formation of carboxylic group/Cu2+ binding.
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Takada et al. (2006) studied this question.
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