title: Magnetic field control of the ordering of two-component suspension of hard rods.
abstract: The Onsager theory of hard rod dispersion in a neutral solvent is extended to a case of two-component dispersion consisting of both non-magnetic and magnetic rods. It was found that the alignment of magneto-sensitive dispersion component by a magnetic field leads to the alignment of non-magnetic component in the dispersion and to an elimination of the isotropic phase. This effect is significant even at low relative concentrations of magnetic rods and leads to a magnetically induced anisotropy in a non-magnetic dispersion of rods mixed with the magnetic ones.
authors: Laboratoire de Physique des Solides CNRS, Université Paris-Sud, Orsay, France.
authors: K
authors: K
authors: Slyusarenko
authors: V
authors: V
authors: Reshetnyak
authors: Yu
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authors: Reznikov