title: Condensation phase transitions in ferrofluids.
abstract: Experiments show that under suitable conditions magnetic particles in ferrofluids and other polar suspensions undergo condensation phase transitions and form dense liquidlike or solidlike phases. The problem of fundamental features and scenarios of the phase transitions is one of the central problems of the physics of these systems. This work deals with the theoretical study of scenarios of condensation phase transitions in ferrofluids, consisting of identical magnetic particles. Our results show that, unlike the classical condensation phase transitions, the appearance of the linear chains precedes the magnetic particle bulk condensation. The effect of the chains on the diagrams of the equilibrium phase transitions is studied.
authors.affiliation: Department of Mathematical Physics, Ural State University, Lenin Av., 51, 620083 Ekaterinburg, Russia.
authors.forename: L Yu
authors.initials: LY
authors.lastname: Iskakova
authors.forename: G A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Smelchakova
authors.forename: A Yu
authors.initials: AY
authors.lastname: Zubarev