Self-assembly of polymer-like structures of magnetic colloids: Langevin dynamics study of basic topologies
- Author(s)
- Dmitriy Rozhkov, Elena S. Pyanzina, Ekaterina Novak, Joan J. Cerdà, Tomás Sintes, Michela Ronti, Pedro A. Sánchez, Sofia Kantorovich
- Abstract
We study the self-assembly of colloidal magnetic particles permanently cross-linked into polymer-like structures with different topologies, that we call supracolloidal magnetic polymers (SMPs). In order to understand the influence of the interparticle permanent links, we investigate SMPs holding the main topologies observed in the self-assembly of non-cross-linked magnetic particles via grand canonical Monte Carlo simulations: chains, rings and simple branched structures. Here, using molecular dynamics simulations, we focus on systems of SMP pairs. Our results evidence that the presence of crosslinkers leads to the formation of new types of aggregates, not previously observed for individual magnetic colloids.
- Organisation(s)
- Computational and Soft Matter Physics
- External organisation(s)
- University of the Balearic Islands, Ural Federal University
- Journal
- Molecular Simulation
- Volume
- 44
- Pages
- 507-515
- No. of pages
- 9
- ISSN
- 0892-7022
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1080/08927022.2017.1378815
- Publication date
- 08-2017
- Peer reviewed
- Yes
- Austrian Fields of Science 2012
- 103015 Condensed matter, 103006 Chemical physics
- Keywords
- ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Condensed Matter Physics, Information Systems, General Chemical Engineering, General Chemistry, General Materials Science, Modelling and Simulation
- Portal url
- https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/en/publications/17f7a7ef-b218-4095-bbd1-0b1a372f5bac