Instabilities in Polar Magnetic Suspensions
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Abstract
The stability of an active suspension of polar motile micromagnets is analyzed theoretically. We formulate the collective dynamics using a kinetic continuum model and Fokker-Planck formalism. Using a perturbation analysis, we obtain governing equations to leading order in polar length and study the stability of the suspension and transition from disordered to ordered state using linear stability analysis.
Authors
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Amir Nourhani
Univ of Akron
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David Saintillan
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, UC San Diego, University of California, San Diego