A Yale-led team has shown that a silica nanosphere held in an optical trap can register the impact of individual gas atoms and molecules, a proof-of-principle that could yield a new kind of pressure sensor and aid dark-matter and neutrino research.
Levitated Nanoparticle Detects Single-Atom Collisions
A Yale-led team has shown that a silica nanosphere held in an optical trap can register the impact of individual gas atoms and molecules, a proof-of-principle that could yield a new kind of pressure sensor and aid dark-matter and neutrino research.
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