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Magnets: Artificial Magnetic Bacteria: Living Magnets at Room Temperature (Adv. Funct. Mater. 23/2014)
Author(s) -
Martín Miguel,
Carmona Fernando,
Cuesta Rafael,
Rondón Deyanira,
Gálvez Natividad,
DomínguezVera José M.
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
advanced functional materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 6.069
H-Index - 322
eISSN - 1616-3028
pISSN - 1616-301X
DOI - 10.1002/adfm.201470152
Subject(s) - magnetotactic bacteria , magnet , materials science , magnetic nanoparticles , bacteria , magnetic field , magnetic separation , nanotechnology , nanoparticle , magnetite , biology , metallurgy , physics , genetics , quantum mechanics
With the aim of mimicking the functionality of magnetotactic bacteria, N. Gálvez, J. M. Domínguez‐Vera, and co‐workers create ‘artificial magnetic bacteria’. The decoration of non‐magnetic probiotic bacteria with several thousands of magnetic nanoparticles on their external surfaces induces them to behave as magnets at room temperature. Therefore, they become directionally arranged following the magnetic field lines when submitted to a magnetic field, as it occurs with magnetic bacteria. After grafting the magnetic nanoparticles, the artificial magnetic bacteria remain alive. In fact they are converted into living magnets at room temperature.