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Magnetic Tilting in Nematic Liquid Crystals Driven by Self-Assembly |
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| Authors: | Martin Hähsler Hajnalka Nádasi Martin Feneberg Sebastian Marino Frank Giesselmann Silke Behrens Alexey Eremin |
| Affiliation: | 1. Institute of Catalysis Research and Technology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, 76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany;2. Institute of Physics, Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg, 39106 Magdeburg, Germany;3. Institute of Physical Chemistry, University of Stuttgart, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany |
| Abstract: | Self-assembly is one of the crucial mechanisms allowing the design multifunctional materials. Soft hybrid materials contain components of different natures and exhibit competitive interactions which drive self-organization into structures of a particular function. Here a novel type of a magnetic hybrid material where the molecular tilt can be manipulated through a delicate balance between the topologically-assisted colloidal self-assembly of magnetic nanoparticles and the anisotropic molecular interactions in a liquid crystal matrix is demonstrated. |
| Keywords: | hybrid materials liquid crystals magnetic materials magneto-optical materials self-assembly |