Abstract

Holes are produced inside a thin layer of magnetic fluid with use of monodisperse polystyrene spheres with diameters in the micrometer range. With an external magnetic field an apparent magnetic dipole will be associated with each hole as a result of the displaced fluid. The apparent dipolar interactions between the spheres may be made attractive or repulsive. This Letter presents the first direct microscopic observations of the crystallization of magnetic holes forming a variety of different lattices.

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