Magnetostriction in ferrogels based on physical and chemical networking with embedded strontium hexaferrite particles

Abstract

Magnetostriction of ferrogels based on physical and chemical networking with embedded strontium hexaferrite particles was studied in 420 mT uniform magnetic field. Ferrogel with physical networking was based on natural polysaccharide - guar gum, which gelates due to formation of H-bonds. Ferrogel with chemical networking was synthesized by radical polymerization of acrylamide. Magnetostriction of the physical ferrogel resulted in the increase of length of the gel specimen along the field lines and in the proportional decrease of its width in the direction across the field lines. In case of chemical ferrogel, both the length and the width increased in the uniform magnetic field leading to the increase of the ferrogel volume. © Published under licence by IOP Publishing Ltd.