Magnetorheological (MR) materials are a kind of smart materials whose mechanical properties can be altered in a controlled fashion by an external magnetic field. They traditionally include fluids, elastomers and foams. In this review paper we revisit the most outstanding advances on the rheological performance of MR fluids. Special emphasis is paid to the understanding of their yielding, flow and viscoelastic behaviour under shearing flows.

Magnetorheological fluids: a review

As one of the most important field-responsive intelligent and smart soft matter materials, magnetorheological (MR) fluids, consisting of magneto-responsive magnetizable particles suspended in non-magnetic fluids, have drawn a lot of attentions in both academia and industry as their physical and rheological characteristics can be controlled with external magnetic field strength. In this highlight, preparation methods and MR properties of various magnetic composites with soft magnetic particles and polymers are reviewed. In addition, some industrial applications, such as a MR dampers and a MR polishing, are briefly summarized.

Magnetorheology: materials and application

A review on the magnetorheological fluid preparation and stabilization

Magnetorheological suspensions are complex fluids which show a transition from a liquid behavior to a solid one upon application of a magnetic field. This transition is due to the the attractive dipolar forces between the particles which have been magnetized by the applied field. The formation of a network of particles or aggregates throughout the suspension is the basic phenomena which is responsible for the strength of the solid phase. In this paper we shall give an overview on the fluids and their properties and we shall especially emphasize the interplay between magnetic forces which are responsible for the gelling of the suspension and on the other hand of hydrodynamic and thermal forces which contribute to break this gel and allow the suspension to flow. The combination of these three forces gives rise to a very rich rheology whose many aspects are still not understood.

Magnetorheology: Fluids, Structures and Rheology

Conventional magnetorheological (MR) fluids are suspensions of micron-sized particles in a hydraulic or silicone oil carrier fluid. Recently, research has been conducted on the advantages of using bidisperse fluids, which are mixtures of two different powder sizes in the MR suspension. The MR fluids investigated here use a mixture of conventional micron- sized particles and nanometer-sized particles. The settling rate of such bidisperse fluids using nanometer-sized particles is reduced because the nanoparticles fill pores created between the larger particles, thereby reducing fluid transport during creeping flow. This reduction in the settling rate comes at a cost of a reduction in the maximum yield stress that can be manifested by such an MR fluid at its saturation magnetization. There is a measurable and predictable variation in rheological properties as the weight percent (wt%) of the nanometer-sized particles is increased relative to the weight percent (wt%) of micron-sized particles, while maintaining a constant solids loading in the MR fluid samples. All bidisperse fluids tested in this study have a solids loading of 60 wt% of iron (Fe) particles. This study investigates the effect of increasing the wt% of 30 nm (nominal) Fe particles relative to 30mm (nominal) Fe particles on rheological characteristics, such as yield stress and postyield viscosity. The goal of this study is to find an optimal composition of the bidisperse fluid that provides the best combination of high yield stress and low settling rate based on empirical measurements. The applicability of the Bingham-plastic rheological model to the measured flow curves of these MR fluids is also presented.

Bidisperse magnetorheological fluids using Fe particles at nanometer and micron scale

In the present article, the rheological responses and dispersion stability of magnetorheological (MR) fluids were investigated experimentally. Suspensions of magnetite and carbonyl iron particles were prepared as model MR fluids. Under an external magnetic field (H
0) and a steady shear flow, the yield stress depends upon H
0
3/2. The Yield stress depended on the volume fraction of the particle (φ) linearly only at low concentration and increased faster at high fraction. Rheological behavior of MR fluids subjected to a small-strain oscillatory shear flow was investigated as a function of the strain amplitude, frequency, and the external magnetic field. In order to improve the stability of MR fluid, ferromagnetic Co-γ-Fe2O3 and CrO2 particles were added as the stabilizing and thickening agent in the carbonyl iron suspension. Such needle-like particles seem to play a role in the steric repulsion between the relatively large carbonyl iron particles, resulting in improved stability against rapid sedimentation of dense iron particles. Furthermore, the additive-containing MR suspensions exhibited larger yield stress, especially at higher magnetic field strength.

Rheological properties and dispersion stability of magnetorheological (MR) suspensions

In order to improve the stability of magnetorheological (MR) fluids, viscoelastic medium having 2.2 Pa yield stress has been used as a continuous phase and nanosized CrO2 particles are added too. The rheological properties as well as the dispersion stability of MR fluids have been studied by using a stress-controlled rheometer and sedimentation test. The steady-shear MR response was independent of the continuous and nano additives and the fieldinduced yield stress increased subquadratically with the flux density. Since the constant stress is generated within the limit of zero shear rate, the plateau in the flow curve corresponds to the Bingham yield stress. Under an external field, the yield stress varied as B3/2. The yield stress has an approximately linear relation with the particle volume fraction.

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Rheological properties and stability of magnetorheological fluids using viscoelastic medium and nanoadditives

CdSe nanoparticles were synthesized by using colloidal methods at room temperature. Nanoparticle size was controlled by the amount of stabilizer, pH, and stabilizer type and was characterized by TEM and XRD. All the synthesized CdSe nanoparticles showed the quantum confinement effect. With increased amounts of mercaptoacetic acid as a stabilizer, the size of nanoparticles decreased. The UV-VIS absorption and photoluminescence (PL) properties could also be tailored by controlling particle size. The solubility in organic solvent and the PL characteristics were enhanced through surface capping by an organic passivator.

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Optical Properties and Characteristics of the CdSe Nanoparticles Synthesized at Room Temperature

When water is evaporated quickly from a water-based colloidal suspension, colloidal particles protrude from the water surface, distorting it and generating lateral capillary forces between the colloidal particles. The protruded colloidal particles are then assembled into ordered colloidal crystalline domains that float on the water surface on account of their having a lower effective density than water. These colloidal crystal domains then assemble together by lateral capillary force and convective flow; the generated colloidal crystal has grain boundaries. The single domain size of the colloidal crystal could be controlled, to some extent, by changing the rate of water evaporation, but it seems very difficult to fabricate a single crystal over a large area of the water’s surface without reorienting each colloidal crystal domain. To reorient such colloidal crystal domains, a glass plate was dipped into the colloidal suspension at a tilted angle because the meniscus (airwaterglass plate interface) is pinned and thinned by further water evaporation. The thinning meniscus generated a shear force and reoriented the colloidal crystalline domains into a single domain.

Reorientation of Colloidal Crystalline Domains by a Thinning Meniscus

When using the dipping method for crystal formation, mono-layered colloidal crystal structures depend upon the lift-up rate of a glass substrate. The mono-layered colloidal crystals showed the highest quality when the glass substrate was raised at a rate of 3 mm/min at 25 °C in a 1 wt% polystyrene colloidal suspension (ethanol medium). In addition, in order to obtain multiple-layered colloidal crystals, an external electric field was introduced. Multiple-layered colloidal crystals were successfully obtained via this method. The colloidal particles were well ordered over large areas and assembled into a homogeneous structure.

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Moo Hyun Kwon

Papers

Rheological properties and dispersion stability of magnetorheological (MR) suspensions

Rheological properties and stability of magnetorheological fluids using viscoelastic medium and nanoadditives

Optical Properties and Characteristics of the CdSe Nanoparticles Synthesized at Room Temperature

Reorientation of Colloidal Crystalline Domains by a Thinning Meniscus

Multiple-Layered Colloidal Assemblies via Dipping Method with an External Electric Field