Reconfigurable multi-component micromachines driven by optoelectronic tweezers

Light-driven micromotors can convert energy to motion in sub-millimeter dimensions. Here, the authors extend this concept and introduce reconfigurable micromachines with multiple components, driven by optoelectronic tweezers, and demonstrate new functionalities.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Shuailong Zhang, Mohamed Elsayed, Ran Peng, Yujie Chen, Yanfeng Zhang, Jiaxi Peng, Weizhen Li, M. Dean Chamberlain, Adele Nikitina, Siyuan Yu, Xinyu Liu, Steven L. Neale, Aaron R. Wheeler
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-09-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-25582-8