Micro-DC rotary-motor working smoothly with neither contact brush nor fixed-axis

Autor: Shusuke Ishida, Satoshi Takatori, Ken Hirano, Daigo Yamamoto, Yohei Oe, Kenichi Yoshikawa
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: AIP Advances, Vol 13, Iss 11, Pp 115231-115231-6 (2023)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2158-3226
DOI: 10.1063/5.0169304
Popis: Successful construction of a simple sub-millimeter micromotor is reported, which operates under stationary direct current (DC) voltage, with neither a fixed rotational axis nor contacting brush. The screw-shaped chiral rotor undergoes a spinning motion when stationary DC voltage is applied using a pair of cone-shaped electrodes with a staggered arrangement. Analysis of the fluid motion revealed the occurrence of inward-swirling flow in between the electrode tips, which generates a stable spinning motion under the DC voltage. This simple DC micromotor could be beneficial for the advancement of microfluidics, microrobots, etc.
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