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Cover Picture: Magnetorheological Fluids Based on Ionic Liquids (Adv. Mater. 13/2007)
Author(s) -
GuerreroSanchez C.,
LaraCeniceros T.,
JimenezRegalado E.,
Raşa M.,
Schubert U. S.
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
advanced materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.707
H-Index - 527
eISSN - 1521-4095
pISSN - 0935-9648
DOI - 10.1002/adma.200790048
Subject(s) - magnetorheological fluid , materials science , ionic liquid , smart material , magnetic field , ionic bonding , chemical engineering , biological fluids , nanotechnology , organic chemistry , ion , chromatography , chemistry , physics , quantum mechanics , engineering , catalysis
The use of ionic liquids as carriers of magnetorheological fluids is described by Schubert and co‐workers on p. 1740. Combining the properties of ionic liquids with magnetorheological technology may lead to new, “smart” fluids for application in medical therapies, engineering devices, or multiphase biological and chemical systems. In the presence of a magnetic field the fluids behave as solids owing to a stronger interaction between their suspended magnetic particles. In the absence of the magnetic field, they become liquids again in a fully reversible process.