Particle concentration effects on the ferrofluids based elastomers microstructure

Combination of magnetic and elastic properties of magnetic elastomer leads to diverse phenomena exhibited by this material in magnetic fields and opens new possibilities for technological applications. Various structures could be formed inside the material or the already existing structures would be changed due to the application of a magnetic field. A new rubber material containing magnetized anisotropic nanoclusters with the use of ferrofluids is proposed. By means of small angle neutron scattering specific variations of the structure factor and interparticle correlation length with the particle concentration and the magnetic field imposed during polymerization are found and discussed