Dynamical formation of spatially localized arrays of aligned nanowires in plastic films with magnetic anisotropy

ACS Nano

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1873-1878

  Fragouli, Despina ^a   Buonsanti, Raffaella ^b,c   Bertoni, Giovanni ^d   Sangregorio, Claudio ^e   Innocenti, Claudia ^e   Falqui, Andrea ^d   Gatteschi, Dante ^e   Cozzoli, Pantaleo Davide ^b,c   Athanassiou, Athanassia ^a,c   Cingolani, Roberto ^a,d  

^a NATIONAL NANOTECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

^c INFM   (Italy)

^d ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Colloidal nanoparticles; Directed assembly; Magnetic field; Magnetic nanocomposites; Nanowires; Polymers

Indexed keywords

APPLIED MAGNETIC FIELDS; COLLOIDAL NANOPARTICLES; DIRECTED ASSEMBLY; DYNAMICAL FORMATION; FREE-STANDING NANOCOMPOSITES; HIGH MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; MAGNETIC NANOCOMPOSITES; MAGNETIC NANOWIRES; NANOCOMPOSITE FILM; NANOWIRE ARRAYS; OXIDE NANOPARTICLES; TECHNOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS; WEAK MAGNETIC FIELDS; WIDE FIELD;

MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC MATERIALS; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOMAGNETICS; NANOPARTICLES; NANOWIRES; OXIDE FILMS; PLASTIC FILMS; POLYMER FILMS; PROTECTIVE COATINGS;

MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY;

NANOWIRE; PLASTIC; SOLVENT;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; MAGNETISM; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VISCOSITY; VOLATILIZATION;

ANISOTROPY; MAGNETICS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; NANOWIRES; PLASTICS; SOLVENTS; VISCOSITY; VOLATILIZATION;

EID: 77951712312     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn901597a     Document Type: Article

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