Back to Search
Start Over
Tailored Morphologies in 2D Ferronematic Wells
- Source :
- Phys. Rev. E 101, 022706 (2020)
- Publication Year :
- 2019
-
Abstract
- We focus on a dilute uniform suspension of magnetic nanoparticles in a nematic-filled micron-sized shallow well with tangent boundary conditions, as a paradigm system with two coupled order parameters. This system exhibits spontaneous magnetization without magnetic fields. We numerically obtain the stable nematic and associated magnetization morphologies, induced purely by the geometry, boundary conditions and the coupling between the magnetic nanoparticles and the host nematic medium. Our most striking observations pertain to domain walls in the magnetization profile whose location can be manipulated by the coupling and material properties, and stable interior and boundary nematic defects, whose location and multiplicity can be tailored by the coupling too. These novel morphologies are not accessible in uncoupled systems and can be used for new multistable systems with singularities and stable interfaces.<br />Comment: 8 pages, 4 figures
- Subjects :
- Condensed Matter - Soft Condensed Matter
Subjects
Details
- Database :
- arXiv
- Journal :
- Phys. Rev. E 101, 022706 (2020)
- Publication Type :
- Report
- Accession number :
- edsarx.1907.03833
- Document Type :
- Working Paper
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.101.022706