Biaxial ferromagnetic liquid crystal colloids

Journal Article · 06 September 2016 · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1601235113 · OSTI ID:1321027

Liu, Qingkun ^[1]; Ackerman, Paul J. ^[2]; Lubensky, Tom C. ^[3]; Smalyukh, Ivan I. ^[4]

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1. Department of Physics, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309,
2. Department of Physics, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309,, Department of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309,
3. Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104,
4. Department of Physics, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309,, Department of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309,, Materials Science and Engineering Program, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309,, Soft Materials Research Center, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309,, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Institute, National Renewable Energy Laboratory and University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309

Significance We introduce a soft-matter system with fluidity coexisting with long-range biaxial and ferromagnetic ordering of anisotropic molecular and magnetic colloidal building blocks. The facile polar switching of this complex fluid promises technological applications and rich physical behavior arising from the properties of solid magnetic nanoparticles and their long-range ordering prompted by interactions with the host medium.

• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• Grant/Contract Number: SC0010305
• OSTI ID: 1321027
• Journal Information: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Journal Name: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America Journal Issue: 38 Vol. 113; ISSN 0027-8424
• Publisher: Proceedings of the National Academy of SciencesCopyright Statement
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English