Furlan M. – TechConnect Briefs

Self-assembled Magnetic Silica Nano-rods and Micro-platelets as smart reinforcements for polymer-composites

Furlan M., Lattuada M., University of Fribourg, CH

In this work, we propose a new versatile self-assembly technique to obtain large quantities of silica-based magnetic nano and micro-rods and of magnetic microplatelets, which can be easily oriented by weak magnetic fields. Our process [...]

Magnetic assisted self-assembly

Furlan M., Lattuada M., ETH Zürich, CH

In this work, we introduce a new technique to produce anisotropic porous materials called magnetic assisted self-assembly. This method takes advantage of the alignment in the presence of a magnetic field of non-magnetic colloidal nanoparticles, [...]

Structural Control of Porous Polymeric Materials through Magnetic Gelation

Furlan M., Lattuada M., Morbidelli M., ETH Zürich, CH

A novel procedure, called magnetic gelatio, is introduced to prepare porous polymeric materials with controlled anisotropic structure. The materials are obtained by destabilizing aqueous dipsersions of magnetic polymer nanoparticles in the presence of magnetic fields, [...]