Light-powered micromotor driven by geometry-assisted, asymmetric photon-heating and subsequent gas convection

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 96, Issue 21, 2010, Pages

  Han, Li Hsin ^a   Wu, Shaomin ^a   Condit, J Christopher ^a   Kemp, Nate J ^b   Milner, Thomas E ^a   Feldman, Marc D ^c,d   Chen, Shaochen ^a  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^b Volcano Corporation   (United States)

^c University of Texas Health Science Center   (United States)

^d SOUTH TEXAS VETERANS HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVECTIVE MOTIONS; GAS CONVECTION; GAS MOLECULES; GEOMETRIC EFFECTS; GOLD NANOPARTICLES; MICROMOTOR; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS MODELING; NANOPOROUS POLYMERS;

MOLECULAR DYNAMICS;

PHOTONS;

EID: 77956255609     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3431741     Document Type: Article

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