{"id":134131,"date":"2022-01-16T15:22:45","date_gmt":"2022-01-16T23:22:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2022\/01\/tuning-a-magnetic-fluid-with-an-electric-field-creates-complex-controllable-dissipative-patterns"},"modified":"2022-01-16T15:22:45","modified_gmt":"2022-01-16T23:22:45","slug":"tuning-a-magnetic-fluid-with-an-electric-field-creates-complex-controllable-dissipative-patterns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2022\/01\/tuning-a-magnetic-fluid-with-an-electric-field-creates-complex-controllable-dissipative-patterns","title":{"rendered":"Tuning a Magnetic Fluid With an Electric Field Creates Complex Controllable Dissipative Patterns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/tuning-a-magnetic-fluid-with-an-electric-field-creates-complex-controllable-dissipative-patterns.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>An electric field transforms an iron oxide nanoparticle suspension into a model for the emergence of complex dissipative structures.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Researchers at Aalto University have shown that a nanoparticle suspension can serve as a simple model for studying the formation of patterns and structures in more complicated non-equilibrium systems, such as living cells. The new system will not only be a valuable tool for studying patterning processes but also has a wide range of potential technological applications.<\/p>\n<p>The mixture consists of an oily liquid carrying nanoparticles of iron oxide, which become magnetized in a magnetic field. Under the right conditions, applying a voltage across this ferrofluid causes the nanoparticles to migrate, forming a concentration gradient in the mixture. For this to work, the ferrofluid has to also include docusate, a waxy chemical that can carry charge through the fluid.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An electric field transforms an iron oxide nanoparticle suspension into a model for the emergence of complex dissipative structures. Researchers at Aalto University have shown that a nanoparticle suspension can serve as a simple model for studying the formation of patterns and structures in more complicated non-equilibrium systems, such as living cells. The new system [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":525,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-134131","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chemistry","category-nanotechnology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134131","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/525"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=134131"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134131\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=134131"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=134131"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=134131"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}