Stable diamagnetic self-levitation of a micro-magnet by improvement of its magnetic gradients

Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials

Volumn 321, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 259-262

  Profijt, H B ^a,b   Pigot, C ^a   Reyne, G ^a   Grechishkin, R M ^c   Cugat, O ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE D ELECTROTECHNIQUE DE GRENOBLE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^c TVER STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Diamagnetic; Levitation; MagMEMS; Magneto optic; MEMS; Microsystems; Permanent magnet; Stable

Indexed keywords

CARBON; GRAPHITE; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETIC LEVITATION;

DIAMAGNETIC; LEVITATION; MAGMEMS; MAGNETIC GRADIENTS; MULTIPOLAR MAGNETS; SMCO MAGNETS; STABLE;

MAGNETS;

EID: 55749097596     PISSN: 03048853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmmm.2008.08.115     Document Type: Article

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