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Degenerate Rayleigh-Plateau instability in a magnetically annealed colloidal dispersion

Fluid Dynamics 2013-10-24 v2 Soft Condensed Matter

Abstract

This fluid dynamics video depicts the evolution of a suspension of paramagnetic colloids under the influence of a uniform, pulsed magnetic field. At low pulse frequencies, the suspension condenses into columns which decompose via a Rayleigh-Plateau instability. At high pulse frequencies, the suspension forms a kinetically arrested, system spanning network. We demonstrate the degeneration of the Rayleigh-Plateau instability with increasing pulse frequency.

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@article{arxiv.1310.3226,
  title  = {Degenerate Rayleigh-Plateau instability in a magnetically annealed colloidal dispersion},
  author = {James W. Swan and Yifei Liu and Eric M. Furst},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1310.3226},
  year   = {2013}
}

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2 pages, 2 movies