Light-induced quantum friction of carbon nanotubes in water
Tanuja Kistwal, Krishan Kanhaiya, Adrian Buchmann, Chen Ma, Jana Nikolić, Julia Ackermann, Phillip Galonska, Sanjana S Nalige, Vahideh Sardari, Aishwarya Sudarsan, Martina Havenith, Marialore Sulpizi, Sebastian Kruss · 2026
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Tanuja Kistwal and colleagues report in 2026 that light can create quantum friction between carbon nanotubes and water. Quantum friction means momentum passes directly between a liquid and electrons in a solid, an effect that is hard to catch. The team tracked glowing single-walled nanotubes moving in water and varied light power, exciton levels, and surface defects.
Stronger light cut diffusion by about 50%, and chemical tweaks that raised or lowered exciton numbers shifted diffusion up to twofold. When excitons were pinned by defects, the effect vanished. Spectroscopy and simulations point to exciton dipoles dragging on water, a route to steering tiny motion with light.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Tanuja Kistwal, Krishan Kanhaiya, Adrian Buchmann, Chen Ma, Jana Nikolić, Julia Ackermann, Phillip Galonska, Sanjana S Nalige, Vahideh Sardari, Aishwarya Sudarsan, Martina Havenith, Marialore Sulpizi, Sebastian Kruss |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 57621 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |