Dynamics of magnetic-field-induced clustering in ionic ferrofluids from Raman scattering.
J Chem Phys
; 126(12): 124701, 2007 Mar 28.
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ABSTRACT
Using Raman spectroscopy, the authors have investigated the aggregation/disgregation of magnetic nanoparticles in dense ionic ferrofluids (IFF) into clusters due to the action of an inhomogeneous external magnetic field. Evidence for changes in particle density and/or effective cluster size were obtained from the variation of the Raman intensity in a time window from 10 s to 10 min for magnetic fields up to 350 mT and at a temperature of 28 degrees C. Clustering sets in already at very low fields (>15 mT) and the IFF samples exhibit a clear hysteresis in the Raman spectra after releasing the magnetic field, which lasts for many hours at room temperature. The authors determined the characteristic times of the two competing processes, that of field-induced cluster formation and, at room temperature, that of thermal-activated dissociation, to range from 100 to 150 s.
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