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Unlike Stockmayer fluids, that prove to undergo gas-liquid transition on cooling, the system of dipolar hard or soft spheres without any additional central attraction so far has not been shown to have a critical point. Instead, in the latter, one observes diverse self-assembly scenarios. Crosslinking dipolar soft spheres into supracolloidal magnetic polymer-like structures (SMPs) changes the self-assembly behaviour. Moreover, aggregation in systems of SMPs strongly depends on the constituent topology. For Y- and X-shaped SMPs, under the same conditions in which dipolar hard spheres would form chains, the formation of very large loose gel-like clusters was observed (E. Novak et al., J. Mol. Liq. 271, 631 (2018)). In this work, using molecular dynamics simulations, we investigate the self-assembly in suspensions of four topologically different SMPs --chains, rings, X and Y-- whose monomers interact via Stockmayer potential. As expected, compact drop-like clusters are formed by SMPs in all cases if the central isotropic attraction is introduced, however, their shape and internal structure turn out to depend on the SMPs topology.
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EVN performed the simulation and collected the data; ESP analysed the data and calculated structural properties; PAS developed simulation algorithms and crosslinking method for filaments of different topology; SSK posed the questions, took part in data analysis and wrote the main text of the manuscript.
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Novak, E.V., Pyanzina, E.S., Sánchez, P.A. et al. The structure of clusters formed by Stockmayer supracolloidal magnetic polymers. Eur. Phys. J. E 42, 158 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1140/epje/i2019-11924-6
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