Controlling the coarsening dynamics of ferrogranulate networks by means of the filling fraction—Less is more susceptible

Author(s)
Ali Lakkis, Matthias Biersack, Oksana Bilous, Sofia Kantorovich, Reinhard Richter
Abstract

We are exploring in experiments the aggregation process in a shaken granular mixture of glass and magnetized steel beads, filled in a horizontal vessel. After the shaking amplitude is suddenly decreased, the magnetized beads form a transient network that coarsens in time into compact clusters. Here we investigate how an increased volume fraction ϕ of the granulate accelerates the coarsening, whereas a homogeneous magnetic field B⊥ oriented in vertical direction impedes the emergence and growth of the networks. We explore the coarsening dynamics in the (ϕ,B)-control parameter space, and observe that low filling fractions are more susceptible to an increase of B⊥ than high ones.

Organisation(s)
Research Platform MMM Mathematics-Magnetism-Materials, Computational and Soft Matter Physics
External organisation(s)
Universität Bayreuth
Journal
Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials
Volume
589
No. of pages
4
ISSN
0304-8853
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmmm.2023.171620
Publication date
01-2024
Peer reviewed
Yes
Austrian Fields of Science 2012
103017 Magnetism, 103015 Condensed matter
Keywords
ASJC Scopus subject areas
Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, Condensed Matter Physics
Portal url
https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/en/publications/3e629a12-34cb-43ee-a8f7-95b1dd80dc26