Five millimeter diameter motor is powered directly with light

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Warsaw, Poland (SPX) Feb 24, 2020

Researchers at the Faculty of Physics at the University of Warsaw, with colleagues from Poland and China used liquid crystal elastomer technology to demonstrate a rotary micromotor powered with light. The 5-millimeter diameter ring, driven and controlled by a laser beam, can rotate and perform work, e.g. by rotating another element installed on the same axis. Rotational movement in nature

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