Autonomously moving local nanoprobes in heterogeneous magnetic fields

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 111, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 3607-3613

  Dhar, Prajnaparamita ^a   Cao, Yanyan ^b   Kline, Timothy ^b   Pal, Priya ^a   Swayne, Cheryl ^a   Fischer, Thomas M ^a   Miller, Brian ^a   Mallouk, Thomas E ^b   Sen, Ayusman ^b   Johansen, Tom H ^c  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HETEROGENEOUS MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC GARNET FILMS; PARAMAGNETIC NANONAVIGATORS; UNIAXIAL ANISOTROPY;

FERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS; MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC FILMS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PARAMAGNETIC MATERIALS;

NANOPROBES;

EID: 33947411700     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp067304d     Document Type: Article

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