Four microgears (IMAGE)

University of Gothenburg

Four microgears

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The third gear from the right has an optical metamaterial that react to laserlight and makes the gear move. All gears are made in silica directly on a chip. Each gear is about 0.016 mm in diameter.

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Gan Wang

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