Lasers used to form 3-D crystals made of nanoparticles

Wednesday, June 1, 2011 - 15:31 in Physics & Chemistry

Physicists have used the electric fields generated by intersecting laser beams to trap and manipulate thousands of microscopic plastic spheres, thereby creating 3-D arrays of optically induced crystals.

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