Ferromagnetic filament shapes in a rotating field reveal their magnetoelastic properties

TL;DR

This paper introduces a method to determine the magnetoelastic number and bending modulus of ferromagnetic filaments by analyzing their shape in a rotating magnetic field, improving accuracy over previous methods.

Contribution

The paper presents a novel shape-based technique to accurately measure the magnetoelastic number and bending modulus of ferromagnetic filaments.

Findings

The method achieves 15-20% error in magnetoelastic number estimation.

It improves the precision of parameter determination compared to existing methods.

The approach enhances the comparability between theoretical models and experiments.

Abstract

Flexible ferromagnetic filaments can be used to control the flow on the micro-scale with external magnetic field. To accurately model them, it is crucial to know their parameters such as their magnetization and bending modulus, the latter of which is hard to determine precisely. We present a method how the ferromagnetic filament's shape in a rotating field can be used to determine the magnetoelastic number $Cm$ - the ratio of magnetic to elastic forces. Then once the magnetization of the filament is known, it is possible to determine its bending modulus. The main idea of the method is that $Cm$ is the only parameter that determines whether the filament is straight or whether its tips are bent towards the magnetic field direction. Comparing with numerical solutions, we show that the method results in an error of $15...20\%$ for the determined $Cm$, what is more precise than estimations from other methods. This method will allow to improve the comparability between theoretical filament models and experimental measurements.