Figure 5
Forces on the magnetosomes from the islands and the effect on increasing the magnetosome chains size.
(a) The force vs. distance curve distance curves indicate the different sizes in the magnetosome chain of 0.5 (blue), 1 (cyan), 1.5 (magenta) and 2 (green) microns in length. The surface area is fixed and is 1.9 × 10−15 (50 nm in diameter). The forces on the magnetosome increase exponentially within a few microns from the edge of the island.
