Magnetic-field-induced nematic-columnar phase transition in aqueous suspensions of goethite (α-FeOOH) nanorods

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 93, Issue 26 I, 2004, Pages

  Lemaire, B J ^a   Davidson, P ^a   Panine, P ^b   Jolivet, J P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^b EUROPEAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION FACILITY   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLOIDAL SUSPENSIONS; ELECTROSTATIC REPULSIONS; GOETHITE SUSPENSIONS; NEMATIC AQUEOUS SUSPENSIONS;

COLLOIDS; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); ELECTROSTATICS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC MOMENTS; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; MAGNETIZATION; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PERMANENT MAGNETS; SQUIDS; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS); VOLUME FRACTION; X RAY SCATTERING;

PHASE TRANSITIONS;

EID: 42749098385     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.93.267801     Document Type: Article

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