Fig. 6.
Indirect stimulation by a spatially separated structure. The bi-material beam in the top part of the images is fabricated by the pNIPAM resist as described previously, while the small blocks on the bottom are made out of PETA with the photoinitiator Irgacure 819. The laser is focused on the PETA block and by photo-thermal conversion of the two-photon absorbed light, heat is generated. This heat is distributed in the water and leads to an actuation of the bi-material beam. The PETA block itself does not experience any measureable structural change or response to the stimulation. Scale bars are 20 µm