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2007-06-01

UCR physicist demonstrates how light can be used to remotely operate micromachines


UCR physicist demonstrates how light can be used to remotely operate micromachines from PhysOrg.com

Light changes the Casimir force, a weak attraction between close objects, says Umar Mohideen

A research team led by Umar Mohideen, a physicist at the University of California, Riverside, has demonstrated in the laboratory that the Casimir force – the small attractive force that acts between two close parallel uncharged conducting plates – can be changed using a beam of light, making the remote operation of micromachines a possibility.

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