Issue 43, 2014

Recent advances in anisotropic magnetic colloids: realization, assembly and applications

Abstract

This perspective article will give an overview of recent experimental results related to the realization and use of anisotropic magnetic colloids, i.e. microscopic particles having the shape, composition or structured surface which set a preferred magnetization direction. The possibility of remotely controlling these soft matter building blocks via external fields makes them ideal for a wide range of applications, from their use as active microrheological probes to infer the viscoelastic properties of complex fluids to their implementation as active systems in microfluidic devices. This article will also review the recent use of these anisotropic units as field driven or guided propellers, which can be magnetically moved or guided in a fluid medium, thus being potentially useful in precise single-particle drug delivery operations.

Graphical abstract: Recent advances in anisotropic magnetic colloids: realization, assembly and applications

Article information

Article type
Perspective
Submitted
15 Jul 2014
Accepted
28 Aug 2014
First published
29 Aug 2014

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2014,16, 23515-23528

Recent advances in anisotropic magnetic colloids: realization, assembly and applications

P. Tierno, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2014, 16, 23515 DOI: 10.1039/C4CP03099K

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