Quantification of magneto-optically active nanorods and inactive aggregates in nickel nanorod colloids

Autor: Andreas Tschöpe, Florian Krämer, K. Birster, R. Birringer, Micha Gratz
Rok vydání: 2016
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Zdroj: Colloid and Interface Science Communications. :11-14
ISSN: 2215-0382
DOI: 10.1016/j.colcom.2016.03.001
Popis: Nickel nanorods of sufficiently small size exhibit collinear ferromagnetic and optical anisotropy which allows the measurement of their field-dependent orientation in colloidal suspension by optical transmission of linearly polarized light. Coagulation of such extended dipolar particles favors the formation of flux-closing structures such as nanorod dimers with anti-parallel magnetic moments. We present an experimental approach to separate and quantify the fraction of magneto-optically active nanorods and inactive non-magnetic aggregates. The analysis was applied to monitor the coagulation of nanorod colloids which were deliberately destabilized by addition of NaCl.
Databáze: OpenAIRE