Optically detected and radio wave-controlled spin chemistry in flavoproteins
Kun Meng, Linyan Nie, Johannes Berger, Nick R. von Grafenstein, Stefan Weber, Lars-Oliver Essen, Roberto Rizzato, Christopher Einholz, Erik Schleicher, Dominik Bucher
This paper demonstrates that flavoproteins like cryptochrome and iLOV exhibit optically detected magnetic resonance, enabling magnetic field sensing and photoluminescence modulation via radiofrequency pulses.
Nature Biotechnology · May 29, 2026Peer-reviewedBiophysics