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Magnetic Levitation Stabilized by Streaming Fluid Flows (2018)
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Fairhurst, D., Swift, M., Hill, R., Atkinson, P., Baldwin, K., Baldwin, K., …Fairhurst, D. (2018). Magnetic Levitation Stabilized by Streaming Fluid Flows. Physical Review Letters, 121(6), 1-5. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.121.064502

We demonstrate that the ubiquitous laboratory magnetic stirrer provides a simple passive method of magnetic levitation, in which the so-called ‘flea’ levitates indefinitely. We study the onset of levitation and quantify the flea’s motion (a combinati... Read More about Magnetic Levitation Stabilized by Streaming Fluid Flows.