Mixed-valent iron [Fe (II)-Fe (III)] minerals such as magnetite and green rust have received a
significant amount of attention over recent decades, especially in the environmental …

The rise of organic–inorganic hybrid materials in both academia and industry results from a
convergence of diverse expertise and communities and is driven by the curiosity of open …

Biosynthesis methods are considered to be a promising technology for engineering new
carbon‐based materials or redesigning the existing ones for specific purposes with the aid …

Magnetotactic bacteria derive their magnetic orientation from magnetosomes, which are
unique organelles that contain nanometre-sized crystals of magnetic iron minerals. Although …

Microorganisms become new sources for fabricating intricate micro/nano structures via
bottom‐up approaches. Produced from nature, microorganism biotemplates exhibit unique …

In order to translate nanotechnology into medical practice, magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs)
have been presented as a class of non‐invasive nanomaterials for numerous biomedical …

Biological organic-inorganic materials remain a popular source of inspiration for bioinspired
materials design and engineering. Inspired by the self-assembling metal-reinforced mussel …

Owing to the unique biological functions, bacteria as biological materials have been widely
used in biomedical field. With advances in biotechnology and nanotechnology, various …

Extracellular vesicles (eg, exosomes) carrying various biomolecules (eg, proteins, lipids,
and nucleic acids) have rapidly emerged as promising platforms for many biomedical …

Magnetotactic bacteria (MTB) biomineralize magnetosomes, which are defined as
intracellular nanocrystals of the magnetic minerals magnetite (Fe3O4) or greigite (Fe3S4) …