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Marangoni rotor mini-generator

A floating polymer rotor carrying camphor and permanent magnets spins for hours on a solutocapillary Marangoni stress; the moving magnets induce a current in a stationary coil (Frenkel et al. 2019, 1.6 mV across 35 Ω).

K5 · energy harvestedalso: camphor rotor generator, solutocapillary generator

Atlas record: 2 claims reference this transducer — 2 demonstrated.

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Marangoni effect—implemented by→Marangoni rotor mini-generatordemonstrated
Electromagnetic induction—implemented by→Marangoni rotor mini-generatordemonstrated

Cited sources · 1

  1. [1]
    M. Frenkel et al.. Mini-Generator of Electrical Power Exploiting the Marangoni Flow Inspired Self-Propulsion (2019)
    ACS Omega 4, 15265–15268 · doi:10.1021/acsomega.9b02257 · record

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