Photoresponsive shape memory nanoparticles have a layered smectic ordering and include a photoresponsive moiety selected from the group consisting of azobenzene, stilbene, and spiropyran. The hardware accelerator comprises special purpose processing elements that are capable of receiving database queryoperation tasks in the form of machine code database instructions, execute them in hardware without software, and return the queryoperation result back to the host system. A light-transmitting window is defined in the bottom, having a length and a width. The frame resin layer includes no electronic component. The interactive voice response application can take programmatic action upon expiration of the time for receiving user input.