Magnetically activated Polymers

[mk2000]

Some time ago I heard that there is a plastic/Polymer that is reactive to magnetic field. That is the material becomes malleable and soft in presence of magnetic field. Does any one know of this material? I have conducted a search on the web for "magnetic plastic" but I have not found anything. Can any one help?
Thank you

 

[israelkk]

Try "smart materials" search

 

[Jick]

I knew a grad student whose research was on magnetically active fiber-reinforced composites. This was designed more as a health monitoring function for composite structures, but it might be something along the lines of what you're looking for.

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Magnetostrictive Tagged Composites
Scott White (Professor at University of Illinois)