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DY: Fachverband Dynamik und Statistische Physik

DY 11: Colloids and Complex Liquids II (joint session CPP/ DY)

DY 11.8: Talk

Monday, March 16, 2015, 16:45–17:00, C 130

Buckling of paramagnetic chains in soft gel — •Shilin Huang and Günter K. Auernhammer — Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Mainz, Germany

We study the magneto-elastic coupling behavior of paramagnetic chains in a soft polymer gel. To this end, the laser scanning confocal microscope is used to observe the morphology of the paramagnetic chains as well as the deformation field in the polymer gel. The paramagnetic chains in a soft polymer gel show rich morphologies under an oblique magnetic field. Depending on the chain length, the chains rotate, bend and buckle. In a perpendicular magnetic field, longer chains form wavy structure with higher number of buckles. A higher magnetic field strength and a lower modulus of gel matrix lead to higher amplitude of the buckling. The deformation field around a deformed magnetic chain confirms that the polymer network is strongly coupled with the paramagnetic chain. A theoretical model is developed to describe the buckling of the chain.