Diamagnetic Levitation: A Review

Optimization of a 3D micro-accelerometer based on diamagnetic levitation

Abstract: At the micro-scale, diamagnetic effects are of the same order of magnitude or even stronger than weight. Therefore, micro-magnets can levitate above diamagnetic bodies and move freely in the three dimensions of space. The possibilities and limits of a static and permanent levitating magnet are illustrated for the example of a 3-dimensional micro-accelerometer. Optimization is performe...

Ultra-flat bismuth films for diamagnetic levitation by template-stripping

a r t i c l e i n f o Keywords: Bismuth Template stripping Surface roughness Crystal structure Young's modulus In this paper we present a method to deposit thin films of bismuth with sub-nanometer surface roughness for application to diamagnetic levitation. Evaporated films of bismuth have a high surface roughness with peak to peak values in excess of 100 nm and average values on the order of 2...

How to simply demonstrate diamagnetic levitation with pencil lead

A new simple arrangement how to demonstrate diamagnetic levitation is presented. It uses pencil lead levitating in a track built from neodymium magnets. This arrangement can also be used as a classroom experiment. S Online supplementary data available from stacks.iop.org/PhysED/51/014001/mmedia IOP

Effects of diamagnetic levitation on bacterial growth in liquid

MAGNETIC LEVITATION A Review

This paper deals with the present scenario of magnetic levitation with LIM. The magnetically levitated train has no wheels, but floats-or surfs-on an electromagnetic wave, enabling rides at 330 miles per hour. By employing no wheels, maglev eliminates the friction, and concomitant heat, associated with conventional wheel-on-rail train configurations. There are two basic types of non-contact Mag...