1. Introduction (pages 1–6) Damien Faivre 2. Geological Occurrences and Relevance of Iron Oxides (pages 7–30)France Lagroix, Subir K. Banerjee and Mike J. Jackson 3. Reductive Dissolution and Reactivity of Ferric (Hydr)oxides: New Insights and Implications for Environmental Redox Processes (pages 31–52) Stefan Peiffer and Moli Wan 4. Formation and Transformation of Iron-Bearing Minerals by Iron(II)-Oxidizing and Iron(III)-Reducing Bacteria (pages 53–98) Jennyfer Miot and Marjorie Etique 5. Controlled Biomineralization of Magnetite in Bacteria (pages 99–116) Elodie C.T. Descamps, Jean-Baptiste Abbé, David Pignol and Christopher T. Lefèvre 6. Ferritin Iron Mineralization and Storage: From Structure to Function (pages 117–142 Noam Aronovitz, Michal Neeman and Raz Zarivach 7. Iron Oxides in the Human Brain (pages 143–176) Joanna F. Collingwood and Neil D. Telling 8. The Chiton Radula: A Model System for Versatile Use of Iron Oxides* (pages 177–206) Derk Joester and Lesley R. Brooker 9. Mineralization of Goethite in Limpet Radular Teeth (pages 207–224) Tina Ukmar-Godec 10. Synthetic Formation of Iron Oxides (pages 225–242) Corinne Chaneac, Anne Duchateau and Ali Abou-Hassan 11. Oriented Attachment and Nonclassical Formation in Iron Oxides (pages 243–268) Jennifer A. Soltis and R. Lee Penn 12. Thermodynamics of Iron Oxides and Oxyhydroxides in Different Environments (pages 269–292) Haibo Guo and Amanda S. Barnard 13. Introduction to Standard Spectroscopic Methods: XRD, IR/Raman, and Mössbauer (pages 293–324) 14. TEM and Associated Techniques (pages 325–346) Tanya Prozorov 15. Magnetic Measurements and Characterization (pages 347–370) Ann M. Hirt 16. Total X-Ray Scattering and Small-Angle X-ray Scattering for Determining the Structures, Sizes, Shapes, and Aggregation Extents of Iron (Hydr)oxide Nanoparticles (pages 371–396) Young-Shin Jun and Byeongdu Lee 17. X-Ray Absorption Fine Structure Spectroscopy in Fe Oxides and Oxyhydroxides (pages 397–422) M. Luisa Fdez-Gubieda, Ana García-Prieto, Javier Alonso and Carlo Meneghini 18. Medical Applications of Iron Oxide Nanoparticles (pages 425–472) Amanda K. Andriola Silva, Ana Espinosa, Jelena Kolosnjaj-Tabi, Claire Wilhelm and Florence Gazeau 19. Iron Nanoparticles for Water Treatment: Is the Future Free or Fixed? (pages 473–522) Sarah J. Tesh and Thomas B. Scott 20. Actuation of Iron Oxide-Based Nanostructures by External Magnetic Fields (pages 523–544) Peter Vach 21. Iron Oxide-Based Pigments and Their Use in History (pages 545–566) Marco Nicola, Chiara Mastrippolito and Admir Masic 22. Magnetoreception and Magnetotaxis (pages 567–590) Mathieu A. Bennet and Stephan H. K. Eder

This handbook and ready reference covers all important aspects of the information available on iron oxides. A preliminary overview chapter discusses iron oxide minerals with their unique structures and properties, before the following section goes on to deal with the formation and transformation of iron oxides, covering geological, synthetic, medical, and microbiological as well as physico-chemical aspects. A chapter on corrosion from a chemical engineering viewpoint completes this section. Subsequent chapters are devoted to characterization techniques. Besides such classical methods as IR/Raman and Mössbauer spectroscopy, special attention is focused on X-ray based techniques, magnetic measurements, and electron microscopy for structural characterization. The final section is mainly devoted to exciting new applications of magnetic iron oxides, for example, in medicine. Additional chapters on geo/paleomagnetism, environmental aspects, and pigments illustrate the full scope of applications. A must-read for anyone working in the field.