The agglomeration of ferromagnetic nanoparticles in a fluid is studied using nanoparticle-level Langevin dynamics simulations. The simulations have interdigitation and bridging between ligand coatings included using a computationally-cheap, phenomenological sticking parameter . The interactions between ligand coatings are shown in this preliminary study to be important in determining the shapes of agglomerates that form.
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