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Hi.

Welcome to my blog. I document my misadventures in science. Hope you find some interesting stuff!

The Photon Drag effect

The Photon Drag effect

Light doesn’t always just bounce of shiny metals, or thermalise. The interaction is not nearly as clear-cut as it should be to us by now!

magic mirrors!file:///C:/Users/Athena/Desktop/Dropbox/PAPER%20MAGIC%20MIRRORS/Radiation%20Pressure%20on%20mirror%20KIRK%20T%20MCDONALD.pdf

"Reflection of the light from a moving mirror and related problems" by B.M.Bolotovskii, S.N.Stolyarov in Sov.Phys.Usp., vol. 32, n. 9, 1989, pp 813-827.

http://twistedlight-solid.blogspot.com/2017/03/photon-drag-effect.html

radiation pressure tohman bowe guys showing how it not so easy to understand how light pushes on electrons…

Researchers find electron current direction in photon-drag effect is dependent on surrounding environment
https://phys.org/news/2019-08-electron-current-photon-drag-effect-environment.html

https://phys.org/news/2019-08-scientists-thermal-profiles-nanoscale.html

https://phys.org/news/2019-08-scientists-thermal-profiles-nanoscale.html

 

The 100 most evil

The 100 most evil

1.5 Volt battery teardown for carbon electrode and ion exchange membrane

1.5 Volt battery teardown for carbon electrode and ion exchange membrane