Manipulation and organization of ferromagnetic nanowires by patterned nematic liquid crystals
We introduce a method to manipulate and organize ferromagnetic nanowires using the elastic forces imposed on nanowires suspended in nematic liquid crystals via patterned variations in the nematic director. As a test case for the technique, we investigate nematic environments consisting of stripes of...
| Veröffentlicht in: | Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids. - 1992. - 24(2008), 19 vom: 07. Okt., Seite 11175-81 |
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| Format: | Online-Aufsatz |
| Sprache: | English |
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| Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk: | Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids |
| Schlagworte: | Journal Article |
| Zusammenfassung: | We introduce a method to manipulate and organize ferromagnetic nanowires using the elastic forces imposed on nanowires suspended in nematic liquid crystals via patterned variations in the nematic director. As a test case for the technique, we investigate nematic environments consisting of stripes of alternating director orientations formed by lithographically patterned substrates. Nanowires oriented by small external magnetic fields are driven by the liquid crystal to specific locations of the pattern. The observed forces on the nanowires agree with calculations based on nematic elasticity |
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| Beschreibung: | Date Completed 28.10.2008 Date Revised 02.10.2008 published: Print-Electronic Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE |
| ISSN: | 1520-5827 |
| DOI: | 10.1021/la801818x |