Suspensions of supracolloidal magnetic polymers: self-assembly properties from computer simulations
- Author(s)
- Ekaterina Novak, Elena Pyanzina, Dmitriy Rozhkov, Michela Ronti, Joan J. Cerdà, Tomás Sintes, Pedro A. Sánchez, Sofia Kantorovich
- Abstract
We study self-assembly in suspensions of supracolloidal polymer-like structures made of crosslinked magnetic particles. Inspired by self-assembly motifs observed for dipolar hard spheres, we focus on four different topologies of the polymer-like structures: linear chains, rings, Y-shaped and X-shaped polymers. We show how the presence of the crosslinkers, the number of beads in the polymer and the magnetic interparticle interaction affect the structure of the suspension. It turns out that for the same set of parameters, the rings are the least active in assembling larger structures, whereas the system of Y- and especially X-like magnetic polymers tends to form very large loose aggregates.
- Organisation(s)
- Computational and Soft Matter Physics
- External organisation(s)
- Ural Federal University, University of the Balearic Islands, Universität Wien
- Journal
- Journal of Molecular Liquids
- Volume
- 271
- Pages
- 631-638
- No. of pages
- 8
- ISSN
- 0167-7322
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molliq.2018.08.145
- Publication date
- 2018
- Peer reviewed
- Yes
- Austrian Fields of Science 2012
- 103015 Condensed matter, 103023 Polymer physics
- Keywords
- ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, Condensed Matter Physics, Materials Chemistry, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Spectroscopy, Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
- Portal url
- https://ucris.univie.ac.at/portal/en/publications/suspensions-of-supracolloidal-magnetic-polymers-selfassembly-properties-from-computer-simulations(c0e189db-03e6-4195-a06a-9c8124f72255).html