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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 09, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 23, 2010
Yadong Yin, Riverside, CA (US);
Jianping GE, Shanghai, CN;
Yadong Yin, Riverside, CA (US);
Jianping Ge, Shanghai, CN;
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, Oakland, CA (US);
Abstract
A method of assembling superparamagnetic colloids into ordered structures with magnetically tunable photonic properties in nonpolar solvents by establishing long-range electrostatic repulsive forces using charge control agents. Reverse micelles resulted from the introduction of charge control agents such as AOT molecules can enhance the charge separation on the surfaces of n-octadecyltrimethoxysilane modified FeO@SiOparticles. The significantly improved long-range electrostatic repulsion can counterbalance the magnetically induced attraction and therefore allow ordering of superparamagnetic colloids in nonpolar solvents. This system possesses fast and fully reversible optical response to the external magnetic fields, long-term stability in performance, and good diffraction intensity.