Attraction-limited cluster-cluster aggregation of Ising dipolar particles.

The attraction-limited cluster-cluster aggregation of two-dimensional Ising dipolar particles with or without particle-size dispersity is studied. The fast decrease of the number of even-sized clusters for relatively smaller clusters is observed. The threshold concentration is also determined, under which the dynamics of aggregation is explained using the well-known dynamic scaling theory of Vicsek and Family. Above the threshold concentration, the dynamics depends on particle-size dispersity. Furthermore, it is suggested that, even in the dilute limit, the dynamic exponents are affected by the screening of the surrounding clusters on collision between two clusters.