MSI PI Ognjen Ilic (assistant professor, Mechanical Engineering) is the senior author of a new study that demonstrates using ultrasound waves to move objects with a metamaterial surface. Metamaterials are materials that are specifically engineered to interact with waves. This could lead to the use of contactless manipulation in many applications, such as robotics or manufacturing.
This research was published in the journal Nature Communications and can be read on the journal website: Shaping contactless radiation forces through anomalous acoustic scattering. A story about the project appears on the College of Science and Engineering website: Researchers user ultrasound waves to move objects hands-free.
Professor Ilic uses MSI for projects relating to the fundamental physics that govern that way light interacts with matter at the nano scale.