Holographic acoustic elements for manipulation of levitated objects
- Submitting institution
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University of Sussex
- Unit of assessment
- 11 - Computer Science and Informatics
- Output identifier
- 368795_57418
- Type
- D - Journal article
- DOI
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10.1038/ncomms9661
- Title of journal
- Nature Communications
- Article number
- -
- First page
- 1
- Volume
- 6
- Issue
- 8661
- ISSN
- 2041-1723
- Open access status
- Out of scope for open access requirements
- Month of publication
- October
- Year of publication
- 2015
- URL
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms9661
- Supplementary information
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
- -
- Forensic science
- No
- Criminology
- No
- Interdisciplinary
- Yes
- Number of additional authors
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5
- Research group(s)
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- Citation count
- 285
- Proposed double-weighted
- No
- Reserve for an output with double weighting
- No
- Additional information
- We present for the first time a computational approach for creating a single-sided acoustic levitator that can not only levitate objects but also pull them in a direction opposed to the wave propagation (aka a tractor beam). The significance is not just many citations but the unprecedented media interest with Hollywood celebrities (Ben Stiller) using it. The paper is ranked 78 for online attention amongst more than 288,000 articles of similar age (Altmetric [1]). The paper led to multiple follow-on grants, from EPSRC [2] and the EU [3]. Field-weighted citation impact 10.63 (Scopus).
- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
- No
- English abstract
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