Biological Magnetic Materials and Applications (eBook)

Editors:Tadashi Matsunaga, Ph.D., President, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Fuchu, Tokyo, JapanTsuyoshi Tanaka, Ph.D., Professor, Division of Biotechnology and Life Science, Institute of Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Koganei, Tokyo, JapanDavid Kisailus, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, University of California, 

PART I Formation mechanisms of biological magnetic materials 1-1.Structure and function of aligned magnetic crystals in magnetotactic bacteria Yoshihiro Fukumori and Azuma Taoka (Kanazawa University, Japan) 1-2.Molecular mechanism of magnetic crystal formation in magnetotactic bacteria Atsushi Arakaki and Tadashi Matsunaga (Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Japan) 1-3.Iron oxide biomineralization in chiton David J Macey, Lesley R. Brooker (Murdoc University, Australia) and Jeremy Shaw (University of Western Australia, Australia) 1-4.Structural and proteomic analyses of chiton teeth David Kisailus and Michiko Nemoto (University of California Riverside, USA) 1-5.Crystal formation mechanism of iron oxides Nico Sommerdijk (Eindhoven University of Technology, the Netherland) PART II Biological templating of magnetic materials for medical and device applications 2-1.Bioengineering and biotechnological applications of bacterial magnetic particles Tomoko Yoshino, Tsuyoshi Tanaka and Tadashi Matsunaga (Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Japan) 2-2.Peptide mediated synthesis of magnetic nanoparticle arrays as recording media Sarah Staniland (University of Sheffield, UK) 2-3.Fabrication of nanodevices using nanoparticles synthesized in ferritin Ichiro Yamashita and Kenji Iwahori (NAIST, Japan) 2-4.Protein cages as a template for material syntheses Trevor Douglas (Montana State University, USA) PART III Bio-inspired magnetic materials for nanotechnology-based applications 3-1.Bio-inspired design of ultrahard iron oxide materials David Kisailus (University of California Riverside, USA) and Pablo Zavattieri (Purdue University, USA) 3-2.Bio-inspired synthesis of hierarchical structured iron oxide for batteries Hiroaki Imai (Keio University, Japan) 3-3.Bio-polymer directed magnetic composites Helmut Cölfen (University of Konstanz, Germany) 3-4.Polymer synthesis using bio-inspired catalytic magnetic particles Sadahito Aoshima (Osaka University, Japan)