Preface xix
Contributors xxi
Chapter 1 In-Situ Mössbauer Spectroscopy with Synchrotron Radiation on Thin Films 3
S Stankov, T Zl'zak, M Zajc, M Zl'zak, M Sladecek, R Röhlsberger, B. Sepiol, G Vogl, N Spiridis, J Aa|ewski, K ParliDski, and J Korecki
1 1 Introduction 3
References 39
Chapter 2 Mössbauer Spectroscopy in Studying Electronic Spin and Valence States of Ironin the Earth's Lower Mantle 43
Jung-Fu Lin, Zhu Mao, and Ercan E Alp
Acknowledgments 55
References 55
Chapter 3 In-beam Mössbauer Spectroscopy Using a Radioisotope Beam and a Neutron Capture Reaction 58
Yoshio Kobayashi
3 .4 Summary 66
References 67
Part II Radionuclides 71
Chapter 4 Lanthanides(151Eu and 155Gd)-Mössbauer Spectroscopic Study of Defect-FluoriteOxides Coupled with New Defect-Crystal-Chemistry Model 73
Nakamura, N Igawa, Y Okamoto, Y Hinatsu, J, Wang, M Takahashi and M. Takeda
Conclusion 92
References 93
Chapter 5 Mössbauer and Magnetic Study of Neptunyl(+1) Complexes 95
T Nakamoto, A Nakamura and M Takeda
Conclusion 113
Acknowledgment 113
References 113
Chapter 6 Mössbauer Spectroscopy of 161Dy in Dysprosium Dicarboxylates 116
M Takahashi, C I Wynter, B R Hillery, Virender K Sharma, D Quarless, Leopold May, T Misu, S G Sobel, M Takeda, and E Brown
Acknowledgment 122
References 122
Chapter 7 Study of Exotic Uranium Compounds using 238U Mössbauer Spectroscopy 123
Satoshi Tsutsui 1,2 and Masami Nakada 1
Summary 137
Acknowledgment 138
References 138
Part III Spin Dynamics 141
Chapter 8 Reversible Spin-state Switching Involving a Structural Change 143
Satoru Nakashima
References 151
Chapter 9 Spin- Crossover and Related Phenomena Coupled with Spin, Photon and Charge
152
N Kokima and A Sugahara
9 3 Charge Transfer Phase Transition 161
9 4 Spin Equilibrium and Succeeding Phenomena 168
References 175
Chapter 10 Spin Crossover in Iron(III) Porphyrins Involving the Intermediate-Spin State 177
Mikio Nakamura and Masashi Takahashi
Acknowledgments 198
References 199
Chapter 11 Tin(II) Lone Pair Stereoactivity: Influence on Structures and Properties, and Mössbauer Spectroscopic Properties 202
Georges Dénès, M Cecilia Madamba, Hocine Merazigand Abdualhafed Muntasar
216
Acknowledgments 243
References 243
Part IV Biological Applications 247
Chapter 12 Synchrotron Radiation Based Nuclear Resonant Scattering: Applications to Bioinorganic Chemistry 249
Yisong Guo, Yoshitaka Yoda, Xiaowei Zhang, Yuming Xiao, Stephen P Cram
Acknowledgment 269
References 269
Chapter 13 Mössbauer Spectroscopy in Biological and Biomedical Research 272
Alexander A Kamnev,*, Krisztina Kovács, Irina V Alenkina, and Michael I. Oshtrakh
Acknowledgments 287
References 287
Chapter 14 Controlled Spontaneous Decay of Mossbauer Nuclei (Theory and Experiments) 292
Vladimir I Vysotskii and Alla A Kornilova
References 314
Chapter 15 Natural's Strategy to Oxidize Tryptophan: EPR and Mossbauer Characterization of High-Valent Fe Intermediates 315
Kednerlin Dornevil and Aimin Liu
References 322
Chapter 16 Iron in Neurodegeneration 324
Jolanta GaBzka-Friedman, Erika R Bauminger, and Andrzej Friedman
References 331
Chapter 17 Emission (57Co) Mössbauer Spectroscopy: Biology-related Applications, Potentials and Prospects 333
Alexander A Kamnev
Acknowledgments 345
References 346
Part V Iron Oxides 349
Chapter 18 Mossbauer Spectroscopy in Study of Nanocrystalline Iron Oxides from Thermal Processes 351
JiYí Tu ek, Libor Machala, JiYí Frydrych, JiYí Pechousek, and Radek ZboYil
Acknowledgment 389
References 389
Chapter 19 Transmission and Emission 57Fe Mössbauer Studies on Perovskites and Related Oxide Systems 393
Zoltán Homonnay and Zoltán Németh
References 413
Chapter 20 Enhancing the Possibilities of 57Fe Mössbauer Spectrometry to Study the Inherent Properties of Rust Layers 415
Karen E García, César A Barrero, Alvaro L Morales, and Jean-Marc Greneche
Acknowledgments 426
References 426
Chapter 21 Application of Mössbauer Spectroscopy in Nanomagnetics 429
Lakshmi Nambakkat
Conclusion 452
Acknowledgment 453
References 453
Chapter 22 Mössbauer Spectroscopy and Surface Analysis 455
José F Marco, J Ramón Gancedo, Matteo Monti and Juan de la Figuera
Acknowledgments 468
References 468
Chapter 23 57Fe Mössbauer Spectroscopy in the Investigation of the Precipitation of Iron Oxides
470
Svetozar Music, Mira Ristic, and Stjepko Krehula
Acknowledgment 496
References 497
Chapter 24 Ferrates (IV, V, and VI): Mössbauer Spectroscopy Characterization 505
Virender K Sharma, Yurii Perfiliev, Radek Zboril, Libor Machala, and Clive Wynter
Acknowledgments 517
References 517
Chapter 25 Characterization of Dilute Iron-Doped Yttrium Aluminum Garnets by Mössbauer Spectrometry 521
Kiyoshi Nomura and Zoltán Németh
Conclusion 531
Acknowledgment 532
References 532
Part VI Industrial Applications 533
Chapter 26 Some Mössbauer Studies of Fe-As Based High Temperature Superconductors 535
Amar Nath and Airat Khasanov
Acknowledgment 541
References 541
Chapter 27 Mossbauer Study of New Electrically Conductive Glass 542
Tetsuaki Nishida and Shiro Kubuki
Acknowledgments 551
References 551
Chapter 28 Applications of Mössbauer Spectroscopy in the Study of Lithium Battery Materials 552
Ricardo Alcántara, Pedro Lavela, Carlos Pérez Vicente, José L Tirado
Conclusions 561
Acknowledgment 561
References 562
Chapter 29 Mössbauer Spectroscopic Investigations of Novel Bimetal Catalysts for Preferential CO Oxidation in H2 564
Wansheng Zhang, Junhu Wang, Kuo Liu, Jie Jin, and Tao Zhang
Conclusion 574
Acknowledgments 574
References 575
Chapter 30 The use of Mossbauer Spectroscopy in Coal Research-Is it Relevant or Not? 576
F B Waanders
Conclusions 590
References 591
Part VII Environmental Applications 593
Chapter 31 Water Purification and Characterization of Recycled Iron-Silicate Glass 595
Shiro Kubuki and Tetsuaki Nishida
Reference 606
Chapter 32 Mössbauer Spectroscopy in the Study of Laterite Mineral Processing 608
Eamonn Devlin, Michail Samouhos, Charalabos Zografidis
Reference 619
Index 621
