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Small things: mechanics on a microscale
The second gear from the right has an optical metamaterial that react to laserlight and makes the gear move. All gears are made in silica directly on a chip. Each gear is about 0.016 mm in diameter. Credit: Gan Wang/University of Gothenburg.
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