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Finding the Right Angles of a Ferrocell
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: Received: 17 February 2024 / Approved: 20 February 2024 / Online: 20 February 2024 (08:52:16 CET)
How to cite: Gardi, L.-A.; Snyder, M. Finding the Right Angles of a Ferrocell. Preprints 2024, 2024021111. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202402.1111.v1 Gardi, L.-A.; Snyder, M. Finding the Right Angles of a Ferrocell. Preprints 2024, 2024021111. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202402.1111.v1
Abstract
The ferrocell is an optical viewing device that interacts with a magnetic field and one or more light
sources to produce a real-time visual light display. Although this device has been extensively studied
by several researchers, a proper computer simulation replicating this optical effect has not yet been
presented. Using numerical methods and the law of reflection, a computer simulation was developed
that shows that the light patterns as seen in the ferrocell are primarily caused by light reflections
off the ferrofluid nano-particles that self organize into needle-like filaments and align along magnetic
flux lines in the presence of a magnetic field.
Keywords
Ferrocell; Magnetism; Simulation
Subject
Physical Sciences, Condensed Matter Physics
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