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Self-stabilizing photonic levitation and propulsion of nanostructured macroscopic objects

Posted in materials, nanotechnology

Circa 2019


Mechanical stability of macroscopic structures on the millimetre-, centimetre-and even metre-scale could be realized by tailoring the anisotropy of light scattering along the object’s surface, without needing to focus incident light or excessively constrain the shape, size or material composition of the object.