IFLP   13074
INSTITUTO DE FISICA LA PLATA
Unidad Ejecutora - UE
congresos y reuniones científicas
Título:
Specific Loss Power of ferrofluids under Radiofrequency fields
Autor/es:
I.J. BRUVERA; C. LABORDE; P. MENDOZA ZÉLIS; G. A. PASQUEVICH; S. JACOBO; J. APHESTEGUY; M.B. FERNÁNDEZ VAN RAAP; F.H. SÁNCHEZ1
Lugar:
Buenos Aires
Reunión:
Congreso; At the Frontiers of Condensed Matter V; 2010
Institución organizadora:
Universidad de Buenos Aires
Resumen:
Ferrofluids (FF) are liquid suspensions of magnetic nanoparticles.    When FF are submitted to a radiofrequency (RF) magnetic field, the nanoparticles dissipate energy.In the case of single domain particles two relaxation mechanisms exist, known as Néel and Brown mechanisms. Néel relaxation depends on particle magnetic anisotropy, whereas Brown relaxation depends on fluid viscosity. Both types of relaxation depend on temperature and particle size, but through different functional expressions. Except for the infrequent situation in which the two relaxation times are equal, relaxation occurs almost entirely by one of the two mechanisms.     In this work we study aqueous FFs of ZnxFe3-xO4 (0 <= x <= 0.5). We have determined the FF Specific Loss Power (SLP), defined as the power dissipated per mass unit of nanoparticles, as a function of RF field parameters (amplitude H0 and frequency f) and FF concentrations. Ho was varied up to 700 Oe and discrete f values between 160 kHz and 260 kHz were used. The nanoparticles mass / water volume ratio, R = mNP / VFF , was varied from about 1 g/l to 10 g/l.     We observed that measured SLPs did not depend on R. On the other hand, SLP f and H0 dependences deviate slightly but clearly from the behaviors found in the literature. It was reported that SLP depends linearly and quadratically with f and Ho, respectively [1]. The experimental results indicate that for field amplitude larger than about 500 Oe, SLP increases at a slower rate than predicted by the power (H0)2 law, suggesting saturation effects. Simulations based on the Stoner–Wholfahrt model modified for finite temperature conditions, give a consistent account of the observations. The simulations illustrate how the M–H minor loops shape determines the previously mentioned dependences.[1] MathewKallumadil, MasaruTada, TakashiNakagawa, Masanori Abe, Paul Southern, QuentinA.Pankhurst, Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials 321 (2009) 1509–1513.