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External Field Response and Applications of Metal Coated Hemispherical Janus Particles

So Aizawa    
Keisuke Seto and Eiji Tokunaga    

Resumen

Hemispherical Janus particles that were coated with silver or nickel on the equatorial plane of hemispherical polymer microparticles were prepared and dispersed in water and the responses to AC electric and stationary magnetic fields applied were investigated. Both of the particles are so oriented that the equatorial plane is parallel to the AC electric field, owing to electric-field induced dipole orientation, which is the response proportional to the quadratic electric field. The nickel coated particles are self-assembled to make a chain-like structure aligned in the direction of the stationary magnetic field. In addition, when both AC electric and stationary magnetic fields are applied, the orientation of a nickel-coated hemispherical particle is uniquely determined in such a way that the equatorial plane is parallel to both electric and magnetic fields. Because the particle is magnetized on the plane, its direction is reversed when the magnetic field is reversed, which is the response that is proportional to the magnetic field. Utilizing these features, mirrors are fabricated that can switch the transmittance and reflectance with electric and magnetic fields. Such features of the Janus particles as to be controlled by an electric and magnetic fields will find wide applications in the fields of microoptics and microfluidics.

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