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'Two-Faced' Particles Act Like Tiny Submarines in Study (2/29/2008)

For the first time, researchers at North Carolina State University have demonstrated that microscopic "two-faced" spheres whose halves are physically or chemically different - so-called Janus particles - will move like stealthy submarines when an alternating electrical field is applied to liquid surrounding the particles. ...> Full Article

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