Title: Biaxial ferromagnetic liquid crystal colloids

Abstract

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.

Authors:

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

Publication Date:

Tue Sep 06 00:00:00 EDT 2016

Sponsoring Org.:

USDOE

OSTI Identifier:

1321027

Grant/Contract Number:  

ER46921; SC0010305

Resource Type:

Published Article

Journal Name:

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Additional Journal Information:

Journal Name: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America Journal Volume: 113 Journal Issue: 38; Journal ID: ISSN 0027-8424

Publisher:

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Country of Publication:

United States

Language:

English