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Researchers used a laser to make microscopic, spinning rotors powered by bubbles. The laser method gives them precise control over how the rotor spins, which enables them to link up other microcomponents and create tiny, working mechanisms like a crank slider. Researchers hope to use micromachines like these to make miniature robots and sensors.
Read the paper: doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.4c00037
(Corresponding authors: Dong Wu, Ph.D., and Chen Xin, Ph.D.)
Video credits:
Written and produced by Kerri Jansen
Edited by Darren Weaver
Executive produced by Matthew Radcliff
Research videos from Chen Xin, Ph.D., and Dawei Wang, Ph.D.
Music: "Pale Blue" by Frank Jonsson from Epidemic Sound
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Researchers used a laser to make microscopic, spinning rotors powered by bubbles. The laser method gives them precise control over how the rotor spins, which enables them to link up other microcomponents and create tiny, working mechanisms like a crank slider. Researchers hope to use micromachines like these to make miniature robots and sensors.
Read the paper: doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.4c00037
(Corresponding authors: Dong Wu, Ph.D., and Chen Xin, Ph.D.)
Video credits:
Written and produced by Kerri Jansen
Edited by Darren Weaver
Executive produced by Matthew Radcliff
Research videos from Chen Xin, Ph.D., and Dawei Wang, Ph.D.
Music: "Pale Blue" by Frank Jonsson from Epidemic Sound
Produced by the American Chemical Society (ACS), one of the world’s largest scientific societies. ACS is a global leader in providing access to chemistry-related information and research through its multiple databases, peer-reviewed journals and scientific conferences.
Join the #AmericanChemicalSociety! bit.ly/Join_ACS
