Magnetism and the Verwey transition in Fe3O4 under pressure

Magnetite is the oldest magnetic material known. 1 Due to its fascinating electronic properties related to the Verwey transition, its abundant occurrence on Earth and Mars, its relevance in biology as magnetoreceptors, as well as its potential applications for magnetic nanocomposites, magnetite has been subject of numerous investigations. It has been extensively investigated under high pressure not only for evident geophysical reasons but also because high pressure experiments are thought to improve our understanding of its unusual electronic and magnetic ground state properties. Fe3O4 crystallizes at ambient conditions in the cubic spi