Erratum: ‘‘The intrinsic magnetic moment of elementary particles’’ [Am. J. Phys. 64(5), 597–601 (1996)]

1996 ◽  
Vol 64 (9) ◽  
pp. 1202-1202
Author(s):  
Robert J. Gould
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Moment ◽  
Elementary Particles ◽  
Intrinsic Magnetic Moment

scholarly journals A room-temperature ferrimagnet made of metallo-proteins?

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Winklhofer ◽  
Henrik Mouritsen
Keyword(s):  
Ambient Temperature ◽  
Magnetic Moment ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
Intrinsic Magnetic Moment

Qin et al. (A magnetic protein compass, Nature Materials 15, 217-226, 2016) claim that "MagR is the first known protein that carries an intrinsic magnetic moment at ambient temperature". We show here that the claim must, unfortunately, be fundamentally wrong.

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