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A ferrofluid is a liquid which becomes strongly polarized in the presence of a magnetic field. It is a colloidal mixture comprising extremely small magnetic particles suspended in a liquid. Ferrofluids are composed of nanoscale ferromagnetic, or ferrimagnetic...
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At Carnegie Mellon University, Prof. McHenry's recent efforts have evolved from the study of carbon-coated magnetic nanocrystals produced by the Kratschmer-Huffman carbon arc method and fine particle magnetism in the same. This lead to studies of...
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Professor Michael McHenry's team of researchers at Carnegie Mellon University have developed nanocomposites for applications with high permeability requirements and with needs for large inductions at high temperatures. Specifically they have developed...
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At Carnegie Mellon University, The research interests of M. E. McHenry can be broadly categorized as involving the development of an understanding of the magnetic properties of materials. This includes interfacing theoretical and experimental studies...
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Students at Carnegie Mellon University have employed external magnetic fields to controllably position and orient a magnetic micro-robot. They demonstrated this approach in the 2007 and 2008 RoboCup Nanogram Demonstrations. Imagine a mechanical Pelé or...