Surface functionalisation of barium hexaferrite nanoplates
Barium ferrite is a hexagonal ferrite (BHF), which crystalises in the form of thin hexagonal plates with magnetic easy axis being perpendicular to the basal plane. If BHF nanoplates are dispersed in a nematic liquid cyrtstal, ferromagnetic phase is formed. We are working on surface functionalisation of BHF nanoplates with promesogenic ligands that would improve the colloidal stability of the suspensions.