A Surprising Experiment Opens the Path to New Particle Manipulation Methods (1 of 2) (IMAGE)

Aalto University

A Surprising Experiment Opens the Path to New Particle Manipulation Methods (1 of 2)

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(a-b) Heavy particles move towards antinodes of a submerged vibrating plate. (c-d) Single particles and (e-f) a swarm of particles move on pre-defined trajectories on the plate by playing carefully-chosen musical notes.

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Kourosh Latifi

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