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A spectroscopic study of magnetically sensitive proteins: from microseconds to minutes, absorption to emission
- Abstract:
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More than 50 years after the first demonstration that birds can sense the Earth’s magnetic field, a phenomenon known as magnetoreception, the leading hypothesis centres on the quantum mechanical properties of radical pairs (RP). Located within the avian retina are cryptochromes, a blue-light sensitive protein capable of generating photoinduced spin-correlated radical pairs (SCRP). It is believed that, through a process known as the radical pair mechanism (RPM), the fundamentally quantum mecha...
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+ Mackenzie, S
- Institution:
- University of Oxford
- Division:
- MPLS
- Department:
- Chemistry
- Role:
- Supervisor
- ORCID:
- 0000-0002-3166-8631
+ Timmel, C
- Institution:
- University of Oxford
- Division:
- MPLS
- Department:
- Chemistry
- Sub department:
- Inorganic Chemistry
- Role:
- Supervisor
- DOI:
- Type of award:
- DPhil
- Level of award:
- Doctoral
- Awarding institution:
- University of Oxford
- Language:
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English
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- Subjects:
- Deposit date:
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2026-10-14
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- Copyright holder:
- Daniel Cubbin
- Copyright date:
- 2026
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