Solution landscapes of ferronematics in microfluidic channels

[2309.16841] Solution landscapes of ferronematics in microfluidic channels Skip to main content Search Submit Donate Log in Condensed Matter > Soft Condensed Matter arXiv:2309.16841 (cond-mat) [Submitted on 28 Sep 2023 ( v1 ), last revised 24 Aug 2026 (this version, v3)] Title: Solution landscapes of ferronematics in microfluidic channels Authors: James Dalby , Apala Majumdar View PDF HTML (experimental) Abstract: We study solution landscapes for ferronematics, i.e., a dilute suspension of magnetic nanoparticles in a nematic liquid crystal host, in a one-dimensional (1D) channel geometry. Adopting the modelling framework in Bisht et al.(2020), the admissible ferronematic configurations are modelled in terms of critical points of an appropriately defined ferronematic energy. There are two types of critical points: full critical points that exploit all degrees of freedom and order reconstruction (OR) critical points. OR critical points have polydomain structures, with the polydomains separated by domain walls. We find that ferronematic systems are typically multistable, i.e., the free energy has multiple competing stable critical points, which model potentially physically observable configurations; the multistability is not a priori obvious. Further, we discover multiple stable and unstable OR solutions that differ in the locations and multiplicity of domain walls. The domain walls can act as binding sites in equilibrium processes and rafts for guided transport phenomena in non-equilibrium processes. Subjects: Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft) Cite as: arXiv:2309.16841 [cond-mat.soft] (or arXiv:2309.16841v3 [cond-mat.soft] for this version) https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2309.16841 Focus to learn more arXiv-issued DOI via DataCite Submission history From: James Dalby [ view email ] [v1] Thu, 28 Sep 2023 20:44:57 UTC (3,806 KB) [v2] Tue, 24 Mar 2026 11:56:40 UTC (1,097 KB) [v3] Mon, 24 Aug 2026 22:29:24 UTC (3,257 KB) Full-text links: Access Paper: View PDF HTML (experimental) TeX Source view license Current browse context: cond-mat.soft < prev | next > new | recent | 2023-09 Change to browse by: cond-mat References & Citations SciX Google Scholar Semantic Scholar export BibTeX citation Bookmark Bibliographic Tools Bibliographic and Citation Tools Bibliographic Explorer Toggle Bibliographic Explorer ( What is the Explorer? ) Connected Papers Toggle Connected Papers ( What is Connected Papers? ) Litmaps Toggle Litmaps ( What is Litmaps? ) scite.ai Toggle scite Smart Citations ( What are Smart Citations? ) Code, Data, Media Code, Data and Media Associated with this Article alphaXiv Toggle alphaXiv ( What is alphaXiv? ) Links to Code Toggle CatalyzeX Code Finder for Papers ( What is CatalyzeX? ) DagsHub Toggle DagsHub ( What is DagsHub? ) GotitPub Toggle Gotit.pub ( What is GotitPub? ) Huggingface Toggle Hugging Face ( What is Huggingface? ) ScienceCast Toggle ScienceCast ( What is ScienceCast? ) Demos Demos Replicate Toggle Replicate ( What is Replicate? ) Spaces Toggle Hugging Face Spaces ( What is Spaces? ) Spaces Toggle TXYZ.AI ( What is TXYZ.AI? ) Related Papers Recommenders and Search Tools Link to Influence Flower Influence Flower ( What are Influence Flowers? ) Core recommender toggle CORE Recommender ( What is CORE? ) IArxiv recommender toggle IArxiv Recommender ( What is IArxiv? ) Author Venue Institution Topic About arXivLabs arXivLabs: experimental projects with community collaborators arXivLabs is a framework that allows collaborators to develop and share new arXiv features directly on our website. Both individuals and organizations that work with arXivLabs have embraced and accepted our values of openness, community, excellence, and user data privacy. arXiv is committed to these values and only works with partners that adhere to them. Have an idea for a project that will add value for arXiv's community? Learn more about arXivLabs . Which authors of this paper are endorsers? | Disable MathJax ( What is MathJax? ) We gratefully acknowledge support from our major funders , member institutions , and all contributors. About · Help · Contact · Subscribe · Copyright · Privacy · Accessibility · Operational Status (opens in new tab)

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