2011-12-07
11:15 at HCI J 574

Theory and Simulations of Dipolar Systems

Sofia Kantorovich

Institute for Computational Physics, Universität Stuttgart

We study the influence of dipole-dipole interaction on the microstructure of magnetic soft matter. Various theoretical and combined theory-simulation methods are employed to elucidate the relationship between microscopical properties and macroscopical behaviour of dipolar systems. In particular, we focus on magnetic fluids, capped colloids, and magnetic gels. Analytical methods we use allow to broaden the understanding of dipolar soft matter, in particular, to see the general trends inherent to any of those systems independently from the scale and the nature of dipoles.