Ferromagnetic resonance of magnetite biominerals traces redox changes

Ferromagnetic resonance and low-temperature magnetic tests for biogenic magnetite

Magnetite is both a common inorganic rock-forming mineral and a biogenic product formed by a diversity of organisms. Magnetotactic bacteria produce intracellular magnetites of high purity and crystallinity (magnetosomes) arranged in linear chains of crystals. Magnetosomes and their fossils (magnetofossils) have been identified using transmission electron microscopy (TEM) in sediments dating bac...

Ferromagnetic crystals (magnetite?) in human tissue.

In recent years, a variety of animals have been found which are able to synthesize the ferromagnetic mineral magnetite (Fe 3 O 4). Lowenstam (1962) originally recognized biogenic magnetite in the radular teeth of a primitive marine mollusc, the chiton (Polyplacophora), and since then it has been identified as a precipitate in several magnetically sensitive organisms, including honey bees also r...

Ferromagnetic resonance

Ferromagnetic Resonance

Ferromagnetism is used to characterize magnetic behavior of a material, such as the strong attraction to a permanent magnet. The origin of this strong magnetism is the presence of a spontaneous magnetization which is produced by a parallel alignment of spins. Instead of a parallel alignment of all the spins, there can be an anti-parallel alignment of unequal spins. This results in a spontaneous...

Instrumentation for Ferromagnetic Resonance Spectrometer