Table 1 Nanoparticle characterisation

From: Artificial coiled coil biomineralisation protein for the synthesis of magnetic nanoparticles

MNP sample

TEM particle size (nm)a

Crystallite size (nm)b

Saturation magnetisation (emu g−1)

MmsFcc

50 (13)

49

90

Mms13cc

34 (12)

39

93

AcrBcc

31 (14)

35

74

MmsF peptide

136 (69)

59

54

Protein free

21 (6)

38

69

  1. aMean particle size with standard deviation provided in parentheses
  2. bCalculated using the Scherrer equation and the diffraction peak from the [311] magnetite plane
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