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Soft Matter, 2009, 5, 1285 - 1292, DOI: 10.1039/b814304h


Reconfigurable responsive structures assembled from magnetic Janus particles

Stoyan K. Smoukov, Sumit Gangwal, Manuel Marquez and Orlin D. Velev


Magnetic Janus particles are assembled into novel staggered chain structures under the action of magnetic and electric fields. The magnetic assembly can result in permanent structures, which could be disassembled on demand by remote demagnetization.

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