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| Gallery of eMicroNano Movies |
| World's Smallest Microsteam Engine | |||||
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| Water inside of the compression cylinder is heated by a flow of electric current and vaporizes, pushing the piston out. Capillary forces then retract the piston when the current is not flowing. | |||||
| Courtesy of Sandia National Laboratories , SUMMiT TM Technologies.,www.mems.sandia.gov | |||||