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Magnetic properties of synthetic eumelanin--preliminary results
M E Cano1, R Castañeda-Priego, A Gil-Villegas
1Centro Universitario de la Ciénega, Universidad de Guadalajara, Ocotlán, Jalisco, Mexico.
Abstract:
We report an experimental and theoretical study of magnetic properties of synthetic eumelanin. The magnetization curves are determined by using both a vibrating sample magnetometer and a superconducting quantum interferometer device in an extended range of magnetic fields ranging from -10 kOe to 10 kOe at different temperatures. We find that the eumelanin magnetization can be qualitatively explained in terms of a simple model of dipolar spheres with an intrinsic magnetic moment. The latter one is experimentally measured by using X-band electron paramagnetic resonance. Our findings indicate that synthetic melanins are superparamagnetic.
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