Spontaneous liquid crystal and ferromagnetic ordering of colloidal magnetic nanoplates
Ferromagnetism has been known as a material property of solids since the time of the ancient Greeks. Here, Shuai et al. report that magnetic nanoplates suspended in a simple solvent can spontaneously align to form a ferromagnetic liquid, capable of both producing and sensing magnetic fields.
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Nature Portfolio
2016-01-01
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| Series: | Nature Communications |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms10394 |