Iron Oxides

Introduction PART I: Formation, TransformationGeological Occurrences and Relevance of Iron OxidesReductive dissolution and reactivity of Ferric (hydr)oxides - new insights and implications for environmental redox processesFormation and transformation of iron-bearing minerals by iron(II)-oxidizing and iron(III)-reducing bacteriaControlled biomineralization of magnetite in bacteriaFerritins iron mineralization and storage: from structure to functionIron oxides in the human brainThe chiton radula: a model system for versatile use of iron oxides.Mineralization of goethite in limpet radular teethSynthetic Formation of Iron OxidesOriented attachment and non-classical formation in iron oxidesThermodynamics of Iron Oxides and Oxyhydroxides in Different EnvironmentsPART II: Characterization TechniquesIntroduction to standard spectroscopic methods: XRD, IR/Raman and MössbauerTEM and associated techniques Magnetic measurements and characterizationTotal X-ray Scattering and Small Angle X-ray Scattering for Determining the Structures, Sizes, Shapes, and Aggregation Extents of Iron (Hydr)oxide NanoparticlesX-ray Absorption Fine Structure spectroscopy in Fe oxides and oxyhydroxidesPART III: ApplicationsMedical Applications of Iron Oxide NanoparticlesIron nano-particles for water treatment. Is the future free or fixed?Actuation of iron oxide based nanostructures by external magnetic fieldsIron Oxide-Based Pigments and their Use in HistoryMagnetoreception and Magnetotaxis

Currently a private lecturer at the University of Potsdam, Germany, Damien Faivre studied physical chemistry at the Claude Bernard University in Lyon, France, spending a year as an exchange student at Concordia University in Montreal, Canada. He continued with his doctoral thesis in geochemistry at the Institute for Earth Physics in Paris, France and, while still a PhD student, worked at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, USA. In 2005, he joined the Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology in Bremen, Germany, as Marie Curie Fellow of the EU to study the properties of magnetosomes and their formation mechanisms, and two years later moved to the Department of Biomaterials at the Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces in Potsdam, as group leader to combine his interests in bio- and biomimetic formation and the assembly of magnetic iron oxides, for which he was awarded a grant from the ERC in 2010.