Information-providing magnetic materials

Research

We work on exploiting the complex interactions among building blocks in supraparticles in a way that we can get information from these interactions. We pioneer magnetic particle spectroscopy (MPS) to unravel information on magnetic interactions within supraparticles. With the goal of deciphering the quite complex signals we obtain with this relatively simple technique, we establish magnetic supraparticles as information-providers within materials, being able to record and report what is going on in objects we cannot look into with other methods. Furthermore, such magnetic supraparticles could for instance also serve as markers / ID-providers in materials to enable material passports.