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Iron-containing nanoparticles from microbial metabolism

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We have studied the crystal structure and magnetic properties of Fe-containing nanoparticles formed as a result of microbial metabolism. Our experimental data, coupled with earlier results, suggest that the nanoparticles consist of ferrihydrite, Fe2O3 · nH2O, and are in a superparamagnetic state.

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  1. Kirensky Institute of Physics, Siberian Division, Russian Academy of Sciences, Akademgorodok, Krasnoyarsk, 660036, Russia

    S. V. Stolyar, O. A. Bayukov, E. A. Denisova & R. S. Iskhakov

  2. Krasnoyarsk State University, Svobodnyi pr. 79, Krasnoyarsk, 660041, Russia

    S. V. Stolyar & M. A. Bitekhtina

  3. Institute of Biophysics, Siberian Division, Russian Academy of Sciences, Akademgorodok, Krasnoyarsk, 660036, Russia

    Yu. L. Gurevich, V. P. Ladygina, A. P. Puzyr’ & P. P. Pustoshilov

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Original Russian Text © S.V. Stolyar, O.A. Bayukov, Yu.L. Gurevich, E.A. Denisova, R.S. Iskhakov, V.P. Ladygina, A.P. Puzyr’, P.P. Pustoshilov, M.A. Bitekhtina, 2006, published in Neorganicheskie Materialy, 2006, Vol. 42, No. 7, pp. 843–848.

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Stolyar, S.V., Bayukov, O.A., Gurevich, Y.L. et al. Iron-containing nanoparticles from microbial metabolism. Inorg Mater 42, 763–768 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0020168506070132

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