Micromotors with asymmetric shape that efficiently convert light into work by thermocapillary effects

Nature Communications

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Maggi, Claudio ^a   Saglimbeni, Filippo ^a   Dipalo, Michele ^b   De Angelis, Francesco ^b   Di Leonardo, Roberto ^a,c  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASYMMETRY; CAPILLARITY; ELECTRON DENSITY; LIGHT EFFECT; MICROMECHANICS; MOMENTUM; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OPTICAL INSTRUMENT; ROTATION; SHAPE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ARTICLE; ILLUMINATION; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MICROTECHNOLOGY; MOTION; PARTICLE SIZE; ROTATION; SURFACE TENSION;

EID: 84938223652     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms8855     Document Type: Article

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