@ARTICLE{kantorovich08a,
  author = {Sofia Kantorovich and Juan J. Cerd\`a and Christian Holm},
  title = {Microstructure analyisis of monodisperse ferrofluid monolayers: theory
	and simulation},
  journal = {Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics},
  year = {2008},
  volume = {10},
  pages = {1883-1895},
  number = {14},
  abstract = {We try to elucidate the microstructure formation in a monodisperse
	ferrofluid monolayer. The
	
	system under study consists of soft sphere magnetic dipolar particles
	confined to a thin fluid layer.
	
	The positions of the particles are constrained to a 2D geometry, whereas
	the particle magnetic
	
	dipole moments are not fixed to the body systems, and are free to
	rotate in 3 dimensions, hence
	
	forming in what we call a quasi-2D geometry. Using a combination of
	analytical density
	
	functional theory and molecular dynamics (MD) simulations, we find
	that for the studied range
	
	of parameters the majority of aggregates might be divided into two
	types: chains and rings. Their
	
	sizes and area fractions are strongly influenced by the geometrical
	constraints. We show that for
	
	quasi-2D systems the excluded area effects play one of the most important
	parts in the
	
	microstructure formation. The simulation technique and the theoretical
	model put forward in the
	
	present paper agree qualitatively with the results of recent in situ
	observations of the
	
	microstructures observed in ferrofluid monolayers [M. Klokkenberg,
	R. P. A. Dullens,
	
	W. K. Regel, B. H. Erne? , A. P. Philipse, Phys. Rev. Lett., 2006,
	96, 037203].},
  bdsk-url-1 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/b719460a},
  date-modified = {2008-09-03 03:36:40 +0200},
  doi = {10.1039/b719460a},
  file = {kantorovich08a.pdf:kantorovich08a.pdf:PDF},
  owner = {jcerda},
  timestamp = {2008.03.28}
}