Description:  The left column of pictures shows a cube of microscopic silica particles held together and rotated into various positions by laser tweezers. The right column shows the cube disintegrating when the laser is switched off.
Source:  University of St. Andrews
Story:  Laser patterns particles in 3D
TRN May 15/22, 2002
TRN Categories:  Nanotechnology; Optical Computing, Optoelectronics and Photonics
Form:  Still

 
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