A Tiny Engine Powered by Light and Liquid Physics
Abstract
A micrometer-sized sphere trapped by optical tweezers in a liquid, under the right conditions, orbits rapidly around the laser beam—creating a potential micromixing device.
- Publication:
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Physics Online Journal
- Pub Date:
- February 2018
- DOI:
- 10.1103/Physics.11.16
- Bibcode:
- 2018PhyOJ..11...16L