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Nature Materials 2, 71 - 72 (2003)
doi:10.1038/nmat821
Ferrofluids: Magnetic strings and networks
S.A. Safran1
- S. A. Safran is in the Department of Materials and Interfaces, Weizmann Institute, Rehovot, Israel 76100. e-mail: sam.safran@weizmann.ac.il
Abstract
Fluids that respond to magnetic fields are predicted to display complex behaviour and morphologies. New experiments with colloidal dispersions provide direct evidence for self-assembled chains and networks in such systems.
