Biological Magnetic Materials and Applications

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Matsunaga, Tadashi (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Tanaka, Tsuyoshi (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Kisailus, David (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Bacteriology.; Biomedical engineering.; Biochemical engineering.; Magnetism.; Magnetic materials.; Microbiology.; Nanotechnology.; Biomedical Engineering/Biotechnology.; Biochemical Engineering.; Magnetism, Magnetic Materials.; Applied Microbiology.

This book addresses the biologically controlled synthesis of magnetic materials, and its applications in bio-inspired design and synthesis. It highlights several key aspects of biologically produced magnetic materials - (i) organisms that biologically synthesize and utilize magnetic materials; (ii)...

Table of Contents:

• I-Formation mechanisms of biological magnetic materials
• Structure and function of aligned magnetic crystals in magnetotactic bacteria
• Molecular mechanism of magnetic crystal formation in magnetotactic bacteria
• Structural and proteomic analyses of iron oxide biomineralization in chiton teeth
• II-Biological templating of magnetic materials for medical and device applications
• Bioengineering and biotechnological applications of bacterial magnetic particles
• Peptide mediated synthesis of magnetic nanoparticle arrays as recording media
• Fabrication of nanodevices using nanoparticles synthesized in ferritin
• III-Bio-inspired magnetic materials for nanotechnology-based applications
• Bio-inspired synthesis of hierarchical structured iron compounds for batteries
• Bio-polymer directed magnetic composites.