MAGNETIC-FIELD-INDUCED ORIENTATIONAL ORDER OF CONDUCTIVE FIBERS IN NONCONDUCTIVE LIQUIDS

Materials containing small particles are treated with magnetic fields in order to obtain regular arrays of aligned particles. The interactio n with the magnetic fields can be decomposed into two parts. The radio frequency component of the field induces eddy currents and hereby magn etic moments whereas the static field creates a torque which will orie nte the particles. The efficiency of this method will be compared to o lder methods of orienting anisotropic materials by static fields.