A five micron wide resin structure, with a shape resembling a lawn sprinkler, rotates when illuminated by a laser beam. Tiny rotors like this one may someday power micromechanical systems (MEMS), or twist molecules to measure their mechanical properties.
Reported by: Péter Galajda; Pál Ormos, Applied Physics Letters, 8 January, 2001.
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