Manufacture of and Apparatus for Nearly Frictionless Operation of a Rotatable Array of Micro-Mirrors in a Solar Concentrator Sheet

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dc.creatorRabinowitz, Mario
dc.creatorOverhauser, David V.
dc.date2006-01-28
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T07:00:00Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T07:00:00Z
dc.descriptionDue to an ever growing shortage of conventional energy sources, there is an increasingly intense interest in harnessing solar energy. The instant invention can contribute to the goal of achieving environmentally clean solar energy to be competitive with conventional energy sources. A novel method is described for manufacturing a transparent sheet with an embedded array of mirrored spheroidal micro-balls for use in a solar energy concentrator, and analogous applications such as optical switches and solar rocket assist. The micro-balls are covered with a thin spherical shell of lubricating liquid so that they are free to rotate in an almost frictionless encapsulation in the sheet. Novel method and apparatus are presented for producing the preferred embodiment of a close-packed monolayer of the array of mirrored micro-balls.
dc.description8 pages, 4 figures
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0601210
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0601210
dc.identifierUS Patent #6,987,604; Jan. 17, 2006
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/107946
dc.subjectGeneral Physics
dc.subjectPhysics and Society
dc.titleManufacture of and Apparatus for Nearly Frictionless Operation of a Rotatable Array of Micro-Mirrors in a Solar Concentrator Sheet
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