Optical nanomotors: Tiny 'motors' are driven by light
Friday, June 30, 2017 - 14:02
in Physics & Chemistry
Science fiction is full of fanciful devices that allow light to interact forcefully with matter, from light sabers to photon-drive rockets. In recent years, science has begun to catch up; some results hint at interesting real-world interactions between light and matter at atomic scales, and researchers have produced devices such as optical tractor beams, tweezers, and vortex beams.