Directed assembly of magnetic nanoparticles in polymers: the formation of anisotropic plastic films containing aligned nanowires
Fragouli D., Buonsanti R., Villafiorita Monteleone F., Bertoni G., Sangregorio C., Torre B., Cingolani R., Athanassiou A., Italian Institute of Technology, IT
We present a study of the dynamical formation of spatially localized arrays of 1-D aligned magnetic nanowires in plastic films. We demonstrate a straightforward technique, easily reproducible, where by specifically varying experimental conditions we can [...]