Critical single domain grain sizes in chains of interacting greigite particles: Implications for magnetosome crystals

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 5430-5441

  Muxworthy, Adrian R ^a   Williams, Wyn ^b   Roberts, Andrew P ^c,d   Winklhofer, Michael ^e   Chang, Liao ^c   Põsfai, Mihály ^f  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^d AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PANNONIA   (Hungary)

Author keywords

greigite; magnetosome; single domain

Indexed keywords

GREIGITES; INTER-PARTICLE SEPARATION; INTERGRAIN INTERACTION; MAGNETOSOME; MAGNETOSOME CRYSTALS; MAGNETOTACTIC BACTERIA; SINGLE DOMAINS; THERMAL FLUCTUATIONS;

CHAINS; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; MAGNETITE;

CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; GRAIN SIZE; GREIGITE; MAGNETITE; PARTICLE SIZE;

EID: 84893218574     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013GC004973     Document Type: Article

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