Structural anisotropy of silica hydrogels prepared under magnetic field

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dc.creatorMori, Atsushi
dc.creatorKaito, Takamasa
dc.creatorFurukawa, Hidemitsu
dc.date2008-03-02
dc.date2008-03-19
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T09:42:00Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T09:42:00Z
dc.descriptionBirefringence measurements have been carried out on the Pb-doped silica hydrogels prepared under various magnetic fields up to 5T. The silica gels prepared at 5T were used as a medium of crystal growth of PbBr2, whose result implied the structural anisotropy; an aligned array of crystallites was obtained by transmission electron microscopy. While the samples prepared at 0, 1, and 3T have no birefringence, we found that the samples have negative birefringence on the order of magnitude 10^-6 as if the direction of the magnetic field is the optic axis of a uniaxal crystal. To the authors' knowledge, the birefringent silica hydrogels were obtained by gelation under magnetic field for the first time. Also, scanning microscopic light scattering experiments have been performed. The results indicate that the characteristic length distribution for birefringent samples is narrower than that for non-birefringent ones.
dc.description8 pages, 4 figures; Materials Letters, in press
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/0803.0114
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/0803.0114
dc.identifierMaterials Letters, Vol.69 (2008), No.19, pp.3459-3461
dc.identifierdoi:10.1016/j.matlet.2008.02.080
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/162030
dc.subjectSoft Condensed Matter
dc.subjectMaterials Science
dc.titleStructural anisotropy of silica hydrogels prepared under magnetic field
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