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The mechanism of orientational ordering of protein particles in an inhomogeneous magnetic field, proposed by the authors in Phys. Wave Phenom. 13(1), 1 (2005), was extended to ferritin inclusions in such particles, taking into account the probable appearance of superantiferromagnetic susceptibility properties. Degrees of orientational ordering, ordered state formation and decay times achievable in bioparticle suspensions were estimated for a realistic model of the resistance to motion of elliptic particles in a viscous fluid. Biotechnological applications of the effect are discussed.
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Lyakhov, I.G., Lyakhov, G.A. & Suyazov, N.V. Orientational ordering of protein particles with asymmetric introductions of ferritin in a magnetic field. Phys. Wave Phen. 15, 95–105 (2007). https://doi.org/10.3103/S1541308X07020033
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