MAGNELIQ - FET (DFM.AD006.200)

Thematic area

Physical sciences and technologies of matter

Project area

Structure responsible for the research project

Institute of materials (IOM)

Project manager

LAYLA MARTINSAMOSCOLOMER
Phone number: 040 3756411
Email: marsamos@iom.cnr.it

Abstract

Our radical vision of a science-enabled technology is a magneto-electric (ME) liquid for new devices like distributed-force sensors that can transform complex structures like the skins of humanoid robots and artificial body parts. A ME material is characterised by having magnetic properties that can be manipulated with an electric field and, vice versa, electric properties that can be manipulated with a magnetic field. Until now the only ME materials have been solid-state mutliferroics, because until recently ferroic properties were considered to be specific to solid materials. However, based on our recent discovery of ferromagnetic liquids, which overturned this established paradigm, we propose a breakthrough liquid ME material. The basic component of this ME liquid will be ME nanoplatelets (NPs), i.e., magnetic NPs that will be hybridized with electrically responsive organics. These ME-NPs will then be dispersed in a nonconductive liquid medium, where they will be able to reorient in an external field.

Start date of activity

01/11/2020

Keywords

magneto electric, sensoristica

Last update: 12/03/2025