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A research team in Bochum, Germany has unexpectedly found that light can slow down movements in the nanoworld due to quantum friction.
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Bochum, Germany
Who
Sebastian Kruss, Marialore Sulpizi, Martina Havenith, Ruhr University Bochum research team
What
A research team in Bochum, Germany has unexpectedly found that light can slow down movements in the nanoworld due to quantum friction.
When
Thu, 11 Jun 2026 22:50:01 GMT · 5h 28m ago
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Bochum, Germany ·
Why
This phenomenon, termed light-induced quantum friction, occurs because of a direct coupling between electrons in the solid (nanotubes) and molecules of the liquid (water), where a transfer of momentum takes place.
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This discovery fundamentally changes the understanding of interfacial processes and could open new possibilities in materials science and nanotechnology for precisely steering transport processes on very small length scales.
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