Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm James Anglehart Swabey Ogilvy Renault
  • Light-driven molecular rotational motor
    Patent number: 6180940
    Abstract: By adjusting a state of circular polarization of a laser beam, a rate of rotation in micro objects rotated by angular momentum imparted from the light is controlled. The light has greatest effect on anisotropic transparent micro objects. A micro mixer using anisotropic micro probe objects can also be provided by using the light to control rotation of the probe objects in a suspension or solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2001
    Assignee: Universite Laval
    Inventor: Tigran Galstian