Micromotors with asymmetric shape that efficiently convert light into work by thermocapillary effects
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Open access. Microfabricated gears on a liquid–air interface rotate at up to 300 r.p.m. under wide-field incoherent illumination through a thermocapillary (Marangoni) effect; the temperature gradient is produced by absorbed light.
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- Thermocapillary micromotorcomposition evidence recorded
- Solutocapillary Marangoni rotorcomposition evidence recorded
- Marangoni rotor mini-generatorcomposition evidence recorded
- Temperature gradient → Marangoni effect → Mechanical motion → Electromagnetic induction → Charge carriers → Electrical work5/5 established
- Temperature gradient → Marangoni effect → Mechanical motion → Rotating-machine generator action → Charge carriers → Electrical work5/5 established
- Chemical potential difference → Combustion → Temperature gradient → Marangoni effect → Mechanical motion → Mechanical work5/5 established
- Electric potential difference → Peltier effect → Temperature gradient → Marangoni effect → Mechanical motion → Mechanical work5/5 established
- Electric potential difference → Ettingshausen effect → Temperature gradient → Marangoni effect → Mechanical motion → Mechanical work5/5 established
- Incident radiation flux → Photothermal absorption → Temperature gradient → Marangoni effect → Mechanical motion → Mechanical work5/5 established
- Radiative imbalance with the sky → Radiative sky cooling → Temperature gradient → Marangoni effect → Mechanical motion → Mechanical work5/5 established
- Surface energy difference → Marangoni effect → Mechanical motion → Rotating-machine generator action → Charge carriers → Electrical work5/5 established
- Nuclear binding-energy difference → Nuclear fission → Temperature gradient → Marangoni effect → Mechanical motion → Mechanical work5/5 established
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- Thermocapillary micromotordemonstrated
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Physical Transformation Atlas (2026). source source:maggi-2015-thermocapillary-gears: Micromotors with asymmetric shape that efficiently convert light into work by thermocapillary effects. Dataset revision rbfbfcbb70e57 (hash of the canonical data). https://physical-transformation-atlas.wldud5192.workers.dev/source/maggi-2015-thermocapillary-gears
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