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ArticleThe journal of physical chemistry letters2022

Driven Radical Motion Enhances Cryptochrome Magnetoreception: Toward Live Quantum Sensing.

Luke D Smith, Farhan T Chowdhury, Iona Peasgood, Nahnsu Dawkins, Daniel R Kattnig

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Article in The journal of physical chemistry letters, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
3.3field-weighted citation impact, top 7% of its field
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7 citing papers in PubMed, 25 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Luke D SmithLiving Systems Institute and Department of Physics University of Exeter, Stocker Road, Exeter EX4 4QD, United Kingdom.
Farhan T ChowdhuryLiving Systems Institute and Department of Physics University of Exeter, Stocker Road, Exeter EX4 4QD, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0001-8229-2374
Iona PeasgoodLiving Systems Institute and Department of Physics University of Exeter, Stocker Road, Exeter EX4 4QD, United Kingdom.
Nahnsu DawkinsLiving Systems Institute and Department of Physics University of Exeter, Stocker Road, Exeter EX4 4QD, United Kingdom.
Daniel R KattnigLiving Systems Institute and Department of Physics University of Exeter, Stocker Road, Exeter EX4 4QD, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0003-4236-2627
University of Exeter · GB

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The mechanism underlying magnetoreception has long eluded explanation. A popular hypothesis attributes this sense to the quantum coherent spin dynamics and spin-selective recombination reactions of radical pairs in the protein cryptochrome. However, concerns about the validity of the hypothesis have been raised because unavoidable inter-radical interactions, such as the strong electron-electron dipolar coupling, appear to suppress its sensitivity. We demonstrate that sensitivity can be restored by driving the spin system through a modulation of the inter-radical distance. It is shown that this dynamical process markedly enhances geomagnetic field sensitivity in strongly coupled radical pairs via Landau-Zener-Stückelberg-Majorana transitions between singlet and triplet states. These findings suggest that a "live" harmonically driven magnetoreceptor can be more sensitive than its "dead" static counterpart.

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CryptochromesMagnetic FieldsElectronsMotionCryptochromes

Identifiers

PMID36332112
PMCPMC9677492
OpenAlexW4308212285

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