Biogenic vs. abiogenic magnetite nanoparticles: A XMCD study

Claire Carvallo, Philippe Sainctavit, Marie Anne Arrio, Nicolas Menguy, Yuheng Wang, Georges Ona-Nguema, Sandrine Brice-Profeta

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Abstract

X-ray magnetic circular dichroism (XMCD) experiments were carried out to compare the Fe2+/Fe3+ ratio in nanomagnetite chemically produced from lepidocrocite and nanomagnetite biogenically produced by the Fe-reducing bacterium Shewanella putrefaciens. Together with TEM imaging, these measurements showed that the biotic magnetite nanoparticles were of excellent quality, with small size dispersion and high crystallinity. From the XMCD measurements, it could be shown that the biogenic nanomagnetite contained a higher amount of Fe2+ than the abiogenic nanomagnetite.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)880-885
Number of pages6
JournalAmerican Mineralogist
Volume93
Issue number5-6
DOIs
StatePublished - 2008
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Biomineralization
  • Nanomagnetite
  • Shewanella putrefaciens
  • XMCD

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