Physicists shine a light, produce startling liquid jet

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It is possible to manipulate small quantities of liquid using only the force of light, report University of Chicago and French scientists in the March 30 issue of Physical Review Letters.


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A group of scientists have found a way to bend and direct liquid using only the force of light, according to a study that will be published Friday.


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jet of liquid and stream of droplets formed by a laser shining from above. The white bar at bottom left is approximately the width of a human hair. In the March 30 issue of Physical Review Letters, scientists at the University of Chicago and the University of Bordeaux I present evidence that the jet was produced entirely by radiation pressure from the laser beam. The research was funded by the National Science Foundation and the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique and Conseil Régional d'Aquitaine. Credit: Image courtesy of Régis Wunenburger and Jean-Pierre Delville