Programmable magnet

Programmable magnet

Programmed magnets, or correlated magnets, are magnetic structures that incorporate correlated patterns of magnets with alternating polarity, designed to achieve a desired behavior.

Correlated magnet pairs can be programmed to attract or repel with a prescribed force and engagement distance, or, to attract or repel at certain a spatial orientation. Correlated magnets can be programmed to interact only with other magnetic structures that have been coded to respond. Correlated magnets can even be programmed to attract and repel at the same time. The programmable behavior is achieved by creating multipole structures comprising multiple magnetic elements (maxels) of varying size, location, orientation, and saturation.

Programmed magnets can be programmed, or coded, by varying the polarity and/or field strengths of each source of the arrays of magnetic sources that make up each structure. The resulting magnetic structures can be one-dimensional, two-dimensional, three-dimensional, and even four-dimensional if produced using an electromagnetic array.

Correlated magnetic structures can be developed from ferrites, rare-earth materials, ceramics, and electromagnets alike, and the correlation effects are scalable from very large permanent magnets to nanometer-scale devices[1]. Multipole magnetic devices may be constructed from discrete permanent magnets, or by exposing heated magnetizable material to a coded magnetic field.

The science of correlated magnetics was created in 2008 by Larry W. Fullerton in his laboratory at Cedar Ridge in North Alabama. Correlated Magnetics Research, LLC, was formed to pursue research and development of the Coded Magnets(TM) technology and to license the technology to business entities across industry. More than 65 patents have been filed for the technology in the U.S. and around the world. Correlated Magnetics Research LLC has trademarked the name "Coded Magnets" for the technology. The discovery was announced during a press conference in October, 2009, in Huntsville, Alabama.

Applications

Correlated magnetics is an enabling technology that can produce very strong yet safe industrial magnets[2]. Potential applications include attach and release work-holding mechanisms, magnetic separators, fluid seals and valves, motor and motion control, factory automation, prosthetics, security devices, and power generation.

References

  1. ^ http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=12983.php
  2. ^ http://www.waff.com/Global/story.asp?S=11244445

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