Biological Magnetic Materials and Applications

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

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.