The Mössbauer and magnetic properties of ferritin cores

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - General Subjects

Volumn 1800, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 886-897

  Papaefthymiou, Georgia C ^a,b  

^a VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Antiferromagnetic nanoparticles; Biomineralization; Core shell model of ferritin; Finite size effects; Superparamagnetism

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; FERROUS ION; IRON;

BIOMIMETICS; BIOMINERALIZATION; EXCITATION; MAGNETISM; MOSSBAUER SPECTROSCOPY; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPIN TRAPPING; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

ANIMALS; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; FERRITINS; HUMANS; IRON; MAGNETICS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SPECTROSCOPY, MOSSBAUER; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 77953811753     PISSN: 03044165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagen.2010.03.018     Document Type: Review

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