Polymer 'worm' is walking on sunshine

Anne Hélène Gélébart

Source: Bart van Overbeeke

Light-responsive plastic film can match a caterpillar for speed and can even transport objects

A new polymer ‘worm’ that can make wave-like motions in response to light, can crawl and even carry objects. The researchers behind the material hope that it might one day find application in self-cleaning surfaces.