Colloidal structure, energy extensivity and Monte Carlo sampling properties of improved short-range interaction models for surfactant-coated magnetic nanoparticles

Aimê Gomes da Mata Kanzaki, Tiago de Sousa Araújo Cassiano, João Valeriano +2

The standard DLVO theory offers a limited description of ionic-surfacted magnetic colloids in near aggregation regimes. Correcting the electrical double layer term for ionic surfac…