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SUBMITTER: Widdrat M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4558614 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Widdrat Marc M Kumari Monika M Tompa Éva É Pósfai Mihály M Hirt Ann M AM Faivre Damien D
ChemPlusChem 20140717 8
Magnetite is an iron oxide found in rocks. Its magnetic properties are used for paleoclimatic reconstructions. It can also be synthesized in the laboratory to exploit its magnetic properties for bio- and nanotechnological applications. However, although the magnetic properties depend on particle size in a well-understood manner, they also depend on the structure of the oxide, because magnetite oxidizes to maghemite under environmental conditions. The dynamics of this process have not been well d ...[more]