Revealing the signature of dipolar interactions in dynamic spectra of polydisperse magnetic nanoparticles

Soft Matter. 2016 Apr 21;12(15):3507-13. doi: 10.1039/c5sm02679b.

Abstract

We investigate, via a modified mean field approach, the dynamic magnetic response of a polydisperse dipolar suspension to a weak, linearly polarised, AC field. We introduce an additional term into the Fokker-Planck equation, which takes into account dipole-dipole interaction in the form of the first order perturbation, and allows for particle polydispersity. The analytical expressions, obtained for the real and imaginary dynamic susceptibilities, predict three measurable effects: the increase of the real part low-frequency plateaux; the enhanced growth of the imaginary part in the low-frequency range; and the shift of the imaginary part maximum. Our theoretical predictions find an experimental confirmation and explain the changes in the spectrum.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't