Single-atom tractor beams power chemical catalysis - Phys.org


6/27/2022 12:00:00 AM2 years 10 months ago
by Science X staff

By trapping light into tiny gaps only a few atoms wide, a team from the NanoPhotonics Center at the Cavendish Laboratory at the University of Cambridge has magnified optical forces a thousand-fold, strong enough to force atoms into positions that drive chemic…

By trapping light into tiny gaps only a few atoms wide, a team from the NanoPhotonics Center at the Cavendish Laboratory at the University of Cambridge has magnified optical forces a thousand-fold, s… [+2048 chars]

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