Structure formation and phase behaviour in ferrofluid monolayers: theory and computer simulations

Abstract

In order to investigate the peculiarities brought by the quasi‐2D geometry into the aggregation processes in ferrofluids, a combination of density functional theory (DFT), and molecular dynamics (MD) simulations is presented. The microstructure formation and the phase behaviour of monodisperse ferrofluid monolayers is studied. (© 2008 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)