Adsorption transition of grafted ferromagnetic filaments controlled by external magnetic fields
Sánchez, Pedro A.; Novak, Ekaterina V.; Pyanzina, Elena S.; Kantorovich, Sofia S.; Cerdà, Joan J.; Sintes, Tomas
Physical Review E 102, 022609 (1-11) (2020)
Physical Review E 102, 022609 (1-11) (2020)
Extensive Langevin dynamics simulations are used to characterize the adsorption transition of a flexible magnetic filament grafted onto an attractive planar surface. Our results identify different structural transitions at different thermal to surface interaction strength ratios: filament straightening, adsorption and the magnetic flux closure. As expected, the adsorption temperature of a magnetic filament is found to be higher in comparison to an equivalent non-magnetic chain. The adsorption has been also investigated under the application of a static homogeneous external magnetic field. We found that the strength and the orientation of the field can be used to control the adsorption process, providing a precise switching mechanism. Interestingly, we have observed that the characteristic field strength and tilt angle at the adsorption point are related by a simple power law.
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