Colloidal Suspensions of Rodlike Nanocrystals and Magnetic Spheres under an External Magnetic Stimulus: Experiment and Molecular Dynamics Simulation

Langmuir

Volumn 32, Issue 20, 2016, Pages 5085-5093

  May, Kathrin ^a   Eremin, Alexey ^a   Stannarius, Ralf ^a   Peroukidis, Stavros D ^b   Klapp, Sabine H L ^b   Klein, Susanne ^c  

^a OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c HEWLETT PACKARD LABORATORIES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETISM; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

COLLOIDAL SUSPENSIONS; EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH; MAGNETIC PARTICLE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; OPTICAL BIREFRINGENCE; ORIENTATIONAL ORDERINGS; PHYSICAL BEHAVIORS; UNIFORM MAGNETIC FIELDS;

SUSPENSIONS (COMPONENTS);

EID: 84971330655     PISSN: 07437463     EISSN: 15205827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.6b00739     Document Type: Article

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