Modeling of Magnetic Particle Suspensions for Simulations

General Remarks Application fields of magnetic particle suspensions Multi-functionalized magnetic particles General magnetic characteristics of magnetic particles Modeling of magnetic characteristics of fine particles from a simulation point of view Related physical phenomena Particle-based simulation methods Bibliography Forces, Energies and Torques Acting on Magnetic Particles Similarity to electrostatic expressions Magnetic particle-particle and particle-field interactions Repulsive interaction due to overlap of the steric layers Repulsive interaction due to overlap of the electric double layers Interaction due to van der Walls attraction Maxwell stress tensor Bibliography Modeling of Magnetic Particles for Particle-Based Simulations Spherical particles Spheroidal particles Spherocyliner particles Disk-like particles Cube-like particles Bibliography Two Coordinate Systems for Description of Particle Orientation Rotation matrix Rotation of axisymmetric particles Rotation of cubic particles Criterion of Particle Overlap Spheroidal particles Spherocyliner particles Disk-like particles Cube-like particles Bibliography Particle-Based Simulation Methods Monte Carlo method Molecular dynamics method Brownian dynamics method Lattice Boltzmann method Multi-particle collision dynamics method Bibliography Strategy of Simulations Generation of rotation of non-spherical particles Lees-Edwards boundary condition Analysis of the formation of clusters Attempt of cluster movement in Monte Carlo simulations Bibliography Description of System Characteristics Radial distribution function Pair correlation function Orientational distribution function Orientational pair correlation function Order parameters Cluster size distribution Bibliography Several Examples of Simulations Monte Carlo simulations of cube-like particles Brownian dynamics simulations of disk-like particles Bibliography Topics of Current Applications Magnetic particle hyperthermia Magnetically-propelled microswimmer Bibliography