The FINANCIAL - Researchers reach new heights with light-based levitation
Share This The FINANCIAL -- According to The University of Pennsylvania, researchers in the Bargatin Group, from the lab of Igor Bargatin, associate professor in the School of Engineering and Applied Science’s Department of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics, is working to engineer nanoscale features on ultra-lightweight materials, finding the ideal combination that will allow those materials to lift themselves into the air using the energy provided by light. This method of propulsion, known as photophoretic levitation, is not a new concept, but it has mostly been applied to m...
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