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A Diffusion Model of Field-Induced Aggregation in Ferrofluid Film |
FANG Wen-Xiao, HE Zhen-Hui, CHEN Di-Hu, ZHAO Yan-E |
State Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials and Technologies, and Institute of Condensed Matter Physics, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275 |
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FANG Wen-Xiao, HE Zhen-Hui, CHEN Di-Hu et al 2008 Chin. Phys. Lett. 25 3418-3421 |
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Abstract By introducing Arrhenius behaviour to the ferroparticles on the surface of the aggregated columnar structure in a diffusion model, equilibrium equations are set up. The solution of the equations shows that to keep the aggregated structures stable, a characteristic field is needed. The aggregation is enhanced by magnetic fields, yet suppressed as the temperature increases. Analysing the influence of the magnetic field on the interaction energy between the dipolar particles, we estimate the portion of the diffusing particles, and provide the agreeable ratio of the column radius over the centre-to-centre spacing between columns in a hexagonal columnar structure formed under a perpendicular magnetic field.
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Received: 23 April 2008
Published: 29 August 2008
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75.50.Mm
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(Magnetic liquids)
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(Fine-particle systems; nanocrystalline materials)
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(Diffusion of adsorbates, kinetics of coarsening and aggregation)
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75.50.+a
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