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1. Diamagnetic triangular levitating
frictionless rotor. Theory based on dynamics and magnetostatics is
developed for predicting equilibrium positions of diamagnetically
levitating magnets and their required stability. The novel
levitation technique demonstrated here is proven to be effective and
will have a wide range of applications.
2. Diamagnetic levitating frictionless
generator (energy harvesting). Three phase rotor
levitating above microfabricated coil loops.
No energy required. Can
levitate at room temperature.
3. Inkjet printer. Constructing inkjet
printing and laser system for fabricating conducting polymer. This
system ensures the unique fabrication ability at the MTL for polymer based material.
4. Self-configure building block. We
use permanent magnets to create the latch by
shifting the configuration of the Halbach array. It can flip the
magnetic field from the outside of the face to the inside so that
most of the field no longer reaches the metal plate on the opposite
face, allowing it to be retracted. A Halbach array is composed of
cubic magnets and each up or down magnet is flanked by two magnets
facing sideways to redirect the fields of the up and down magnets to
extend almost entirely to one side of the face. It is allowed to
build a flexible storage management system by modular unit.