Deposition of magnetic particles: A computer simulation study

Abstract

We report a Monte Carlo simulation of deposition of magnetic particles on a one-dimensional substrate. Incoming particles interact with those that are already part of the deposit via a dipole-dipole potential. The strength of the dipolar interaction is controlled by an effective temperature $T^{\ast }$, the case of pure diffusion-limited deposition being recovered in the limit $T^{\ast }\to \infty$. Preliminary results suggest that the fractal dimension of the deposits does not change with temperature but that there is a (temperature-dependent) cross-over from regimes of temperature-dependent to universal behaviour. Furthermore, it was found that dipoles tend to align with the local direction of growth.

To appear in Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter Special Issue on Magnetic Fluids