Essential reading for an entire generation of scientists, this authoritative survey defines one of the most important new scientific fields to have emerged for many decades. Individual sections are each patterns, nanodevices and machines, and nanoanalytics.

Overview Enzyme-Stimulated Synthesis of Metal Nanoparticles Enzyme-Stimulated Synthesis of Cupric Ferrocyanide Nanoparticles Cofactor-Induced Synthesis of Metallic NPs Enzyme-Metal NP Hybrid Systems as Inks for the Synthesis of Metallic Nanowires Methods Physical Tools to Characterize the Growth of Nanoparticles and Nanowires General Procedure for Monitoring the Biocatalytic Enlargement of Metal NPs in Solutions Modification of Surfaces with Metal NPs and their Biocatalytic Growth for Sensing Modification of Enzymes with NPs and their Use as Biocatalytic Templates for Metallic Nanocircuitry Outlook References