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    Citation - WoS: 12
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    Magnetic Mechanism for the Biological Functioning of Hemoglobin
    (Nature Publishing Group, 2020) Mayda, Selma; Kandemir, Zafer; Bulut, Nejat; Maekawa, Sadamichi
    The role of magnetism in the biological functioning of hemoglobin has been debated since its discovery by Pauling and Coryell in 1936. The hemoglobin molecule contains four heme groups each having a porphyrin layer with a Fe ion at the center. Here, we present combined density-functional theory and quantum Monte Carlo calculations for an effective model of Fe in a heme cluster. In comparison with these calculations, we analyze the experimental data on human adult hemoglobin (HbA) from the magnetic susceptibility, Mossbauer and magnetic circular dichroism (MCD) measurements. In both the deoxygenated (deoxy) and the oxygenated (oxy) cases, we show that local magnetic moments develop in the porphyrin layer with antiferromagnetic coupling to the Fe moment. Our calculations reproduce the magnetic susceptibility measurements on deoxy and oxy-HbA. For deoxy-HbA, we show that the anomalous MCD signal in the UV region is an experimental evidence for the presence of antiferromagnetic Fe-porphyrin correlations. The functional properties of hemoglobin such as the binding of O-2, the Bohr effect and the cooperativity are explained based on the magnetic correlations. This analysis suggests that magnetism could be involved in the functioning of hemoglobin.
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    Citation - WoS: 74
    Citation - Scopus: 77
    Full Bulk Spin Polarization and Intrinsic Tunnel Barriers at the Surface of Layered Manganites
    (Nature Publishing Group, 2005) Freeland, John W.; Gray, Kenneth E.; Özyüzer, Lütfi; Berghuis, Peter; Badica, E.; Kavich, Jerald J.; Zheng, Hong; Mitchell, John F.
    The affect of full bulk spin polarization and intrinsic tunnel barriers on the surface of layered manganites were studied using a combination of surface-sensitive x-ray and tunnelling process. The surface bilayer of air-cleaved layered manganites forms an antiferromagnetic insulating nanoskin composed of a single bilayer unit. It was shown that for the quasi-two-dimensional bilayer manganites the outermost Mn-O bilayer is affected while the next bilayer displays the full spin polarization of the bulk. The results show that the outermost bilayer act as an intrinsic barrier between the fully spin-polarized bilayer beneath and a subsequently deposited ferromagnetic counterelectrode.