The osmotic magnetometer: A new model for magnetite-based magnetoreceptors in animals

European Biophysics Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 380-392

  Shcherbakov, Valera P ^a   Winklhofer, M ^b  

^a Geophysical Observatory Borok IFZ RAS   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ferrovesicle; Magnetic fluids; Superparamagnetism

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETISM; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEMBRANE VESICLE; OSMOTIC PRESSURE;

EID: 0033033553     PISSN: 01757571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002490050222     Document Type: Article

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