Cluster-cluster aggregations of superparamagnetic particles in a rotational magnetic field

Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys. 2011 Jun;83(6 Pt 1):061406. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevE.83.061406. Epub 2011 Jun 22.

Abstract

We investigate the cluster-cluster aggregations of superparamagnetic particles in a rotational magnetic field numerically by the Brownian dynamics method, focusing on the cases of ϕ = 0.01 and 0.03 and Ma = 0, 0.001, 0.01, and 0.1, where ϕ is the area fraction of superparamagnetic particles and Ma is the Mason number, i.e., the ratio of viscous drag to magnetic force acting on a magnetic particle. We clarify the effect of ϕ and Ma on the cluster-cluster aggregation process from the point of view of dynamic scaling law.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Magnetic Fields*
  • Magnets*
  • Models, Theoretical*
  • Rheology
  • Rotation*
  • Time Factors