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RESEARCH PRODUCT

Flexible ferromagnetic filaments and the interface with biology

M. BelovsAndrejs CēbersKaspars ĒRglis

subject

Ferromagnetic particleMagnetotactic bacteriaCondensed matter physicsMagnetosomeCondensed Matter PhysicsQuantitative Biology::Cell BehaviorElectronic Optical and Magnetic MaterialsMagnetic fieldQuantitative Biology::Subcellular ProcessesProtein filamentFerromagnetismPerpendicularCondensed Matter::Strongly Correlated ElectronsBrownian motion

description

Flexible ferromagnetic filaments are studied both theoretically and experimentally. Two main deformation modes of the filament at magnetic field inversion are theoretically described and observed experimentally by using DNA-linked chains of ferromagnetic particles. Anomalous orientation of ferromagnetic filaments perpendicular to AC field with a frequency which is high enough is predicted and confirmed experimentally. By experimental studies of magnetotactic bacteria it is demonstrated how these properties of ferromagnetic filaments may be used to measure the flexibility of the chain of magnetosomes.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmmm.2008.11.047