The physics of geomagnetic-field transduction in animals

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 45, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 5259-5265

  Winklhofer, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biomineralization; Biophysics; Ferrimagnetic materials; Geomagnetism; Radical pair chemistry

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL EXPERIMENT; DRIVE CURRENTS; GEOMAGNETIC FIELDS; MICROMETER-SCALE; RADICAL PAIR; RADICAL-PAIR CHEMISTRY; SEA TURTLES; SENSORY NEURONS; SINGLE DOMAIN PARTICLES; STRUCTURAL BASIS; SUPERPARAMAGNETICS; TRANSIENT FORMATION;

BACTERIOPHAGES; BIOMAGNETISM; BIOMINERALIZATION; FERRIMAGNETISM; FISH; GEOMAGNETISM; GRAFTING (CHEMICAL); IRON ORES; NEURONS; OCEAN HABITATS; OXIDE MINERALS; SUPERPARAMAGNETISM; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

FERRIMAGNETIC MATERIALS;

EID: 70549109061     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2009.2017940     Document Type: Article

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