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| Title: | LIGHT TORQUED NANOMOTORS IN A STANDING WAVE | |
| DOI No: | 10.1142/9789812701879_0030 | |
| Source: | CLUSTERS AND NANO-ASSEMBLIES (pp 257-263) | |
| Author(s): | KEITH BONIN
Department of Physics, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC 27109, USA ANDREW SHELTON Department of Physics, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC 27109, USA BAKHIT KOURMAN Department of Physics, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC 27109, USA THAD WALKER Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706, USA |
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| Abstract: | Light torques that use polarization are a novel and important way to control nanoparticles and to produce nanomotors. We briefly summarize results from previous experiments, where we applied light torques to glass nanorods in a single-beam optical trap, and we give a preliminary report on new experiments to apply torques using a dual-beam standing wave trap. A standing wave trap will enable us to study the effect of a nearby surface on the behavior of a rotating nanorod. Such investigations will help us to model and understand nanorheological phenomena that could be important factors in nanofluidics in both biological and inorganic systems. | |
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