The book reviews the use of spectroscopic and related methods to investigate the complex structures and mechanisms of biological inorganic systems that contain metals. Each chapter presents an overview of the technique including relevant theory, clearly explains what it is and how it works and then presents how the technique is actually used to evaluate biological structures. Practical examples and problems are included to illustrate each technique and to aid understanding. Designed for students and researchers who want to learn both the basics, and more advanced aspects of bioinorganic chemistry.

• Many colour illustrations enable easier visualization of molecular mechanisms and structures
• Worked examples and problems are included to illustrate and test the reader's understanding of each technique
• Written by a multi-author team who use and teach the most important techniques used today to analyse complex biological structures

Preface  Chapter 1 - An Overview of the Roles of Metals in Biological Systems Chapter 2 - Introduction to Ligand Field Theory Chapter 3 - EPR Spectroscopy    Chapter 4 - Introduction to Biomolecular NMR and Metals    Chapter 5 - 57Fe-Mössbauer Spectroscopy and Basic Interpretation of Mössbauer Parameters    Chapter 6 - X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy in Biology (BioXAS)    Chapter 7 - Other Spectroscopic Methods for Probing Metal Centres in Biological Systems    Chapter 8 - An Introduction to Electrochemical Methods for the Functional Analysis of Metalloproteins   Chapter 9 - X-ray Crystallography    Chapter 10 - Genetic and Molecular Biological Approaches for the Study of Metals in Biology    Index