ORIENTATION OF LIQUID-CRYSTALLINE SUSPENSIONS OF VANADIUM PENTOXIDE RIBBONS BY A MAGNETIC-FIELD

Authors
COMMEINHES X DAVIDSON P BOURGAUX C LIVAGE J
Citation
X. Commeinhes et al., ORIENTATION OF LIQUID-CRYSTALLINE SUSPENSIONS OF VANADIUM PENTOXIDE RIBBONS BY A MAGNETIC-FIELD, Advanced materials, 9(11), 1997, pp. 900
Citations number
28
Categorie Soggetti
Material Science
Journal title
Advanced materials → ACNP
ISSN journal
09359648
Volume
9
Issue
11
Year of publication
1997
Database
ISI
SICI code
0935-9648(1997)9:11<900:OOLSOV>2.0.ZU;2-U
Abstract
Non-invasive alignment and rotation of liquid-crystalline suspensions of vanadium pentoxide ribbons by a magnetic field is reported. The rib bons align as shown in the Figure if the magnetic field, initially app lied along the capillary main axis, is perpendicular to the main axis but still in the plane of the figure. It is believed that this simple idea could be applied to any nematic suspension of mineral compounds.