Optical patterning of magnetic domains and defects in ferromagnetic liquid crystal colloids

Hess, Andrew J.; Liu, Qingkun; Smalyukh, Ivan I.

doi:10.1063/1.4928552

Title: Optical patterning of magnetic domains and defects in ferromagnetic liquid crystal colloids

Journal Article · Mon Aug 17 00:00:00 EDT 2015 · Applied Physics Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4928552· OSTI ID:1225330

Hess, Andrew J. ^[1]; Liu, Qingkun ^[1]; Smalyukh, Ivan I. ^[2]

Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO (United States)
Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO (United States); National Renewable Energy Lab., Boulder, CO (United States)

A promising approach in designing composite materials with an unusual physical behavior combines solid nanostructures and orientationally ordered soft matter at the mesoscale. Such composites can not only inherit properties of their constituents but also can exhibit emergent behavior such as ferromagnetic ordering of colloidal metal nanoparticles forming mesoscopic magnetization domains when dispersed in a nematic liquid crystal. Here, we demonstrate the optical patterning of domain structures and topological defects in such ferromagnetic liquid crystal colloids, which allows for altering their response to magnetic fields. Furthermore, our findings reveal the nature of the defects in this soft matter system which is different as compared to non-polar nematics and ferromagnets alike.

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Research Organization:: National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE); National Science Foundation (NSF)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC36-08GO28308; DMR-1420736

OSTI ID:: 1225330

Report Number(s):: NREL/JA-5900-65110

Journal Information:: Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 107, Issue 7; Related Information: Applied Physics Letters; ISSN 0003-6951

Publisher:: American Institute of Physics (AIP)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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