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Domain Formation in Magnetic Polymer Composites: An Approach Via Stochastic Homogenization

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We study the magnetic energy of magnetic polymer composite materials as the average distance between magnetic particles vanishes. We model the position of these particles in the polymeric matrix as a stochastic lattice scaled by a small parameter ɛ and the magnets as classical \({\pm 1}\) spin variables interacting via an Ising type energy. Under surface scaling of the energy we prove, in terms of Γ-convergence, that, up to subsequences, the (continuum) Γ-limit of these energies is finite on the set of Caccioppoli partitions representing the magnetic Weiss domains where it has a local integral structure. Assuming stationarity of the stochastic lattice, we can make use of ergodic theory to further show that the Γ-limit exists and that the integrand is given by an asymptotic homogenization formula which becomes deterministic if the lattice is ergodic.

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  1. DIEI, Università di Cassino e del Lazio meridionale, via Di Biasio 43, 03043, Cassino (FR), Italy

    Roberto Alicandro

  2. Zentrum Mathematik-M7, Technische Universität München, Boltzmannstrasse 3, 85748, Garching, Germany

    Marco Cicalese & Matthias Ruf

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Alicandro, R., Cicalese, M. & Ruf, M. Domain Formation in Magnetic Polymer Composites: An Approach Via Stochastic Homogenization. Arch Rational Mech Anal 218, 945–984 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00205-015-0873-y

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