  Diverse polymer crosslinking techniques allow the synthesis of linear
polymer-like structures whose monomers are colloidal particles. In the case
where all or part of these colloidal particles are magnetic, one can control
the behaviour of these supracolloidal polymers, known as magnetic filaments
(MFs), by applied magnetic fields. However, the response of MFs strongly
depends on the crosslinking procedure. In the present study, we employ Langevin
dynamics simulations to investigate the influence of the type of crosslinking
and the distribution of magnetic particles within MFs on their response to an
external magnetic field. We found that if the rotation of the dipole moment of
particles is not coupled to the backbone of the filament, the impact of the
magnetic content is strongly decreased.
