In order to create a microscopic version of a Stirling engine, the researchers sandwiched a tiny, 2.94 μm melamine bead in a 4 μm water gap between glass slides. Heat was added and removed by ...

A Stirling Engine is a heat engine, powered by the expansion and contraction of a working fluid (such as air) which is heated and cooled in a cycle.

A Stirling engine is a closed-cycle regenerative heat system that utilizes the expansion and contraction of gases (exposed to different temperatures) to convert heat energy into mechanical work.

Stirling's original 1816 patent contained all the elements of what is now called the 'Stirling cycle engine' – a power piston, a displacer to move air between hot and cold ends, and a regenerator.

The original Stirling engine The 200-year-old Stirling engine has inspired a power generator made of a single particle just 3 micrometres wide. Overshadowed by its steam and internal combustion ...