Temperature-dependent dynamic correlations in suspensions of magnetic nanoparticles in a broad range of concentrations: a combined experimental and theoretical study

Author(s)
Alexey O. Ivanov, Sofia Kantorovich, Vladimir S. Zverev, Ekaterina A. Elfimova, Alexander V. Lebedev, Alexander F. Pshenichnikov
Abstract

The interweave of competing individual relaxations influenced by the presence of temperature and concentration dependent correlations is an intrinsic feature of superparamagnetic nanoparticle suspensions. This unique combination gives rise to multiple applications of such suspensions in medicine, nanotechnology and microfluidics. Here, using theory and experiment, we investigate dynamic magnetic susceptibility in a broad range of temperatures and frequencies. Our approach allows, for the first time to our knowledge, to separate clearly the effects of superparamagnetic particle polydispersity and interparticle magnetic interactions on the dynamic spectra of these systems. In this way, we not only provide a theoretical model that can predict well the dynamic response of magnetic nanoparticles systems, but also deepen the understanding of the dynamic nanoparticle self-assembly, opening new perspectives in tuning and controlling the magnetic behaviour of such systems in AC fields.

Organisation(s)
Computational and Soft Matter Physics
External organisation(s)
Ural Federal University, Russian Academy of Sciences
Journal
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
Volume
18
Pages
18342-18352
No. of pages
11
ISSN
1463-9076
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C6CP02793H
Publication date
07-2016
Peer reviewed
Yes
Austrian Fields of Science 2012
103006 Chemical physics, 103029 Statistical physics
Keywords
ASJC Scopus subject areas
General Physics and Astronomy, Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
Portal url
https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/en/publications/fbbf9284-3830-4111-b710-680260fedea3