We show that fiber-delivered, pulsed laser propulsion of glass microspheres, as observed in a recent Letter [Opt. Lett. 36, 1996 (2011).], due to only radiation pressure cannot explain the measured maximum velocity of microspheres. Our considerations, based on the reported results, indicate that the main momentum transfer mechanism is due to mass recoil that very likely follows a dielectric breakdown near or on the surface of the microsphere.
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January 2025
State Key Laboratory of Tribology in Advanced Equipment, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China.
Hydrogels demonstrate effective lubricating properties, but the underlying mechanisms at the nanoscale remain elucidated. In this study, a novel strategy is proposed by fabricating the hydrogel probes compatible with atomic force microscopy (AFM) to establish a superlubrication system based on the hydration interactions. The probe is made of polyethylene glycol diacrylate (PEGDA)-based hydrogel microspheres, which can achieve an extremely low friction coefficient of 0.
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Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, AOU Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino, Corso Bramante 88, 10126, Turin, Italy.
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January 2025
Department of Nuclear Medicine, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye.
Objective: To compare the acute (within 30 days of treatment) laboratory toxicities of Yttrium-90 (Y-90) resin and glass microspheres.
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January 2025
Soft Condensed Matter Group, Raman Research Institute, C. V. Raman Avenue, Sadashivanagar, Bangalore 560 080, India.
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January 2025
Shanxi Key Laboratory of Micro Nano Sensors & Artificial Intelligence Perception, College of Integrated Circuits, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan, 030024, China.
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