ICAME 2007: Proceedings of the 29th International Conference on the Applications of the Mössbauer Effect (ICAME 2007) held in Kanpur, India, 14-19 October 2007

Front Matter....Pages i-xix
Preface (ICAME2007)....Pages 1-3
Mössbauer effect: a dual method for myriad applications....Pages 5-13
Skutterudites, a thermoelectric material investigated by high field Mössbauer spectroscopy....Pages 15-22
Study of nano-scale diffusion in thin films and multilayers....Pages 23-30
Iron as a risk factor in neurological diseases....Pages 31-44
Mössbauer spectroscopy in studies of photosynthesis....Pages 45-53
Iron minerals formed by dissimilatory iron-and sulfur reducing bacteria studied by Mössbauer spectrometry....Pages 55-63
Reaction and deposition of laser-evaporated iron....Pages 65-75
Iron chelates: a challenge to chemists and Mössbauer spectroscopists....Pages 77-86
Mössbauer spectroscopy of magnetic minerals in basalt on Earth and Mars....Pages 87-101
The study of electron transfer in advanced materials (electrodes for Li-ion batteries or catalysts)....Pages 103-112
Out-of-equilibrium Sm–Fe based phases....Pages 113-123
Advantages of Mössbauer polarimetric methods in material studies....Pages 125-136
The effect of adding a bit of Fe to Ag–Ge–Se system....Pages 137-147
Extraterrestrial Mössbauer spectroscopy: more than 3 years of Mars exploration and developments for future missions....Pages 149-156
Scientific opportunities in nuclear resonance spectroscopy from source-driven revolution....Pages 157-172
A 57 Fe Mössbauer spectroscopy study of iron nanoparticles obtained in situ in conversion ferrite electrodes....Pages 173-177
Effect of aluminum on the hyperfine field and crystallization behaviour of NANOPERM alloy....Pages 179-187
Anomalous magnetic behaviour of zinc and chromium ferrites without any hyperfine splitting....Pages 189-196
X-ray diffraction and Mössbauer spectroscopy of high energy ball-milled α -Fe 2 O 3 /TiO 2 composite powders....Pages 197-201
Structural transformations in NANOPERM-type alloys studied by Mössbauer spectrometry and diffraction of synchrotron radiation....Pages 203-207
Study of CuFe 2 O 4 –SnO 2 nanocomposites by Mössbauer spectroscopy with high velocity resolution....Pages 209-216
Mössbauer effect studies on mixed lithium–zinc ferrites prepared by solution combustion method....Pages 217-220
Mössbauer and magnetization studies of iron oxide nanocrystals....Pages 221-225
Mössbauer study of intergranular phase in Nd 8 Fe 86 − x Nb x B 6 ( x = 0, 1, 2, 3) nanocomposite magnet....Pages 227-232
Comparative study of the structural and magnetic properties of bulk and nanostructured Fe 2 CrAl....Pages 233-237
Evolution of a FeV sigma phase ball-milled in a mixture of argon and air....Pages 239-245
Magnetic and Mössbauer spectral studies of nano crystalline cobalt substituted magnesium ferrites (Mg x Co 1 − x Fe 2 O 4 )....Pages 247-252
Mössbauer study of nano-crystalline Li–Zn ferrites....Pages 253-258
A structural and Mössbauer study of Y 3 Fe 5 O 12 nanoparticles prepared with high energy ball milling and subsequent sintering....Pages 259-264
Magnetic and Mössbauer spectral studies of x  (NiFe 2 O 4 ) + (1− x )(SrFe 12 O 19 ), x = 0, 0.2, 0.4, 0.6, 0.8 and 1.0 nanocomposites....Pages 265-269
Magnetic and Mössbauer spectroscopic studies of NiZn ferrite nanoparticles synthesized by a combustion method....Pages 271-279
Partial amorphization of an α -FeCr alloy by ball-milling....Pages 281-287
Fe-doped TiO 2 prepared by mechanical alloying....Pages 289-294
Mössbauer studies of nano phase Ce–Fe oxide composites....Pages 295-300
Structural and magnetic study of bulk glassy Fe 72 − x Co x B 20 Si 4 Nb 4 alloys....Pages 301-305
Rapid stress annealing dependence of structural and magnetic properties of Fe 75 − x Co x Cu 1 Nb 3 Si 15 B 6 alloys....Pages 307-312
Study of the effect of SHI irradiation on nanocrystalline vacancy doped (La,Sr)(Mn,Fe)O system and its comparison with hydrostatic pressure using Mössbauer spectroscopy....Pages 313-318
Mössbauer and magnetic studies of nanocrystalline γ ′ -Fe 4 N....Pages 319-325
Low temperature magnetic properties of Cr 0.25 Co 0.25 Zn 0.5 Fe 2 O 4 nano particles....Pages 327-333
Magnetic enhancement in nano-sized Ni–Zn ferrite....Pages 335-341
Hyperfine interaction studies and magnetic properties of FeCoAlN nanocomposite films....Pages 343-349
 129 I-Mössbauer study of iodine-doped open- and closed-end single-walled carbon nanotube....Pages 351-356
Magnetic and Mössbauer properties of Fe doped VN nanoparticles....Pages 357-363
Mössbauer spectroscopy study of aluminium substituted nickel-ferrites....Pages 365-370
A Mössbauer investigation of zirconium distribution and diffusion in ball milled nanocrystalline iron powders....Pages 371-376
Magnetic characterization of some nanometric iron oxides....Pages 377-386
Tin in silicate glasses: structure, thermodynamics and kinetics....Pages 387-392
 57 Fe Mössbauer spectroscopic study of nanostructured zinc ferrite....Pages 393-400
XRD and Mössbauer studies on Pt–Fe nano-particles synthesized by polyol method for cathode catalyst of PEFCS....Pages 401-405
Changes in structure and magnetic hyperfine fields of Finemet alloys, induced by transition elements substitution....Pages 407-413
50 MeV Li 3 +  ion irradiation induced modifications in structural and magnetic properties of Ti 4 +  -substituted Li–Al and Li–Cr ferrites....Pages 415-422
Surface spin disorder in nickel ferrite nanomagnets studied by in-field Mössbauer spectroscopy....Pages 423-428
Mössbauer spectroscopy of Co 2 Mn 1 − x Fe x Al....Pages 429-435
Mössbauer spectroscopic investigation of tin-doped thiospinels....Pages 437-440
Magnetic properties and Mössbauer studies in Y 1−x Gd x Fe 2 ....Pages 441-445
Hyperfine interactions studied by 119 Sn Mössbauer spectroscopy in SmRhSn....Pages 447-452
Mössbauer and magnetic characterization of TbRhSn....Pages 453-457
Effect of vanadium neighbors on the hyperfine properties of iron–vanadium alloys....Pages 459-464
Mössbauer and magnetic study of silicon substituted cobalt ferrite....Pages 465-469
 119 Sn Mössbauer study of sol–gel synthetized Fe x Sb y Sn 1 − x − y O 2 − δ powders....Pages 471-476
Relaxation of magnetic clusters in Sr and Fe doped cobaltate perovskites....Pages 477-482
 57 Co-emission Mössbauer study on diluted magnetic semiconductor TiO 2 films....Pages 483-488
Magnetic behaviour of nanocrystalline Ni 0.5 Cu 0.5 Fe 2 O 4 spinel ferrite....Pages 489-495
Hyperfine interactions and dynamics characteristics of 119 Sn in x SnO 2 -(1- x ) α -Fe 2 O 3 nanoparticle system....Pages 497-503
Study of phase transition on nanocrystalline (La, Sr)(Mn, Fe)O system using high-pressure Mössbauer spectroscopy and high-pressure X-ray diffraction....Pages 505-510
Comparative study between melted and mechanically alloyed samples of the Fe 50 Mn 10 Al 40 nanostructured system....Pages 511-517
Structural characterization and magnetic properties of NiMg 3x/2 Cr 0.9 Fe 1.1 − x O 4 ....Pages 519-524
Magnetization and Mössbauer studies of 57 Fe doped SrCoO 3 ....Pages 525-529
Mössbauer study on indium tin oxides (ITO) doped with Fe....Pages 531-535
Sol–gel synthesized powder and pulsed laser deposited film of amorphous indium zinc oxides doped with Fe....Pages 537-542
Mössbauer studies and magnetic properties of spinel lead ferrite....Pages 543-548
(Ni, Zn, Sn) Ru and (Ni, Sn) Sn substituted barium ferrite prepared by mechanical alloying....Pages 549-555
Mössbauer spectroscopy of perovskite-related oxide fluorides of composition Ba 0.5 Sr 0.5 FeO 2 F at elevated temperatures....Pages 557-560
Mixing characterization of mechanically milled Fe 75 Si 15 M 10 powders using Mössbauer spectroscopy....Pages 561-567
Magnetism of (Fe 0.93 Ni 0.07 ) 2 P studied using 57 Fe Mössbauer spectroscopy....Pages 569-573
The correlation of lattice constant with superexchange interaction in Bi-YIG fabricated by mechanochemical processing....Pages 575-580
Structural, magnetic and electrical transport properties of the La 0.70 Sr 0.30 Mn 0.96 57 Fe 0.04 O 3 + δ perovskite....Pages 581-586
Antiferromagnetism in Fe-doped PrRh 2 Si 2 : a Mössbauer study....Pages 587-591
Influence of silicon and cobalt substitutions on magnetostriction coefficient of cobalt ferrite....Pages 593-598
Mössbauer study of ferromagnetic metallic glasses irradiated by swift heavy ions at temperatures 100 and 300 K....Pages 599-607
Magnetic properties of ferrites synthesized by low temperature technique....Pages 609-614
Magnetization and Mössbauer study of double layer perovskites La 1.5 Ca 1.5 Mn 2 − x Fe x O 7 prepared by sol–gel method....Pages 615-620
Mössbauer study of Fe in 3C-SiC following 57 Mn implantation....Pages 621-625
Electric field gradients at 151 Eu sites in GaN....Pages 627-630
Decrease of superparamagnetic fraction at room temperature in ultrafine CoFe 2 O 4 particles by Ag doping....Pages 631-639
Magnetic and Mössbauer studies on nanocrystalline Co 1−x Li x Fe 2 O 4 ( x  = 0, 0.2)....Pages 641-647
Mössbauer and magnetic studies on nanocrystalline NiFe 2 O 4 particles prepared by ethylene glycol route....Pages 649-657
Magnetic, Mössbauer and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopic investigations on nanocrystalline Fe 3 Mo 3 N, FeMoN 2 and Ni 3 Mo 3 N nitrides....Pages 659-664
3-Methyl and N-Methyl-substitution in heptanuclear complexes effects multistability investigated by Mössbauer spectroscopy....Pages 665-671
Chemical tuning by 5-Methyl and N-Methyl-substitution in heptanuclear complexes effects multistability investigated by Mössbauer spectroscopy....Pages 673-679
On the phenomena occurring at the interface between iron and iron–platinum thin films....Pages 681-687
Depth resolved structural study of heavy ion induced phase formation in Si/Fe/Si trilayer....Pages 689-695
Nuclear resonant reflectivity data evaluation with the “REFTIM” program....Pages 697-701
Investigation of magnetic properties in 57 Fe/Al multilayers....Pages 703-708
Interface study of Ag/ 57 Fe/Ag trilayer using Mössbauer and X-ray standing wave analysis....Pages 709-712
CEMS spectra of non-spherical nanoparticles in oxidized iron thin films....Pages 713-718
Mössbauer spectroscopy with high velocity resolution in the study of ferritin and Imferon: preliminary results....Pages 719-726
Dimeric Fe (II, III) complex of quinoneoxime as functional model of PAP enzyme: Mössbauer, magneto-structural and DNA cleavage studies....Pages 727-736
Characterization of the kinetics of Fe (II) binding by the R2 protein subunit of E. coli ribonucleotide reductase....Pages 737-742
Mössbauer investigation of iron uptake in wheat....Pages 743-747
Mössbauer spectral studies of di- and triorganotin(IV) histidinylleucinates....Pages 749-759
Mobility of microparticles in protein gel....Pages 761-766
Dynamics of iron in Fe-porphyrin aggregates studied by X-ray absorption and Mössbauer spectroscopy....Pages 767-773
 119 Sn Mössbauer characterization of self assembled organotin(IV) complexes with Schiff bases containing amino acetate skeletons....Pages 775-782
Conformational changes in hemoglobin triggered by changing the iron charge....Pages 783-790
Iron-57 Mössbauer spectroscopic study of fluorinated strontium orthoferrite....Pages 791-794
 57 Fe-Mössbauer study of electrically conducting barium iron vanadate glass after heat treatment....Pages 795-801
Mössbauer spectroscopy of 151 europium dicarboxylates....Pages 803-807
Investigation of Mo- and W-stannylidyne complexes by Mössbauer spectroscopy....Pages 809-812
Synthesis and spectroscopic investigation of iron(III) complexes of N ′-(thioaroyl)pyridine-2-carbohydrazides....Pages 813-817
Mössbauer studies of nanosized ferrites prepared by the combustion of metal nitrates–oxalyl dihydrazide solutions....Pages 819-823
Mössbauer study on iron-polygalacturonate coordination compounds....Pages 825-829
Mössbauer spectroscopic studies of spin crossover in tris(N, N′-dialkyldithiocarbamato) iron (III) complexes: effect of alkyl substituents....Pages 831-837
Mössbauer study of [Fe(Dioximato) n L 2 ] mixed coordination compounds....Pages 839-845
Mössbauer studies of Fe 2 + and Fe 3 + mixed state in ilmenite–hematite solid solution....Pages 847-851
Mössbauer spectroscopy of lanthanum and holmium ferrites....Pages 853-857
Chemical bonding and quadrupole splittings of 57 Fe Mössbauer spectrum in active sites of oxyhemoglobin as calculated by X α -discrete variation method....Pages 859-864
157 T internal magnetic field in Fe[C(SiMe 3 ) 3 ] 2 compound at 20 K....Pages 865-869
Structure of some Fe II − III hydroxysalt green rusts (carbonate, oxalate, methanoate) from Mössbauer spectroscopy....Pages 871-876
Mössbauer study of iron in high oxidation states in the K–Fe–O system....Pages 877-882
Mössbauer characteristics of glauconitisation....Pages 883-890
Disordered chromite in the Martian meteorite Allan Hills 84001....Pages 891-896
Mössbauer studies on impactites from Lonar impact crater....Pages 897-904
 57 Fe Mössbauer spectroscopy study of organic rich sediment (source rocks) from test well K-263 of Cambay Basin, India....Pages 905-911
Fougerite Fe II − III oxyhydroxycarbonate in environmental chemistry and nitrate reduction....Pages 913-919
Iron speciation in fault gouge from the Ushikubi fault zone central Japan....Pages 921-934
Study of iron meteorite Sikhote–Alin and extracted iron–nickel phosphides using Mössbauer spectroscopy with high velocity resolution....Pages 935-941
Mössbauer spectroscopy with high velocity resolution in the study of ordinary chondrites....Pages 943-950
Mössbauer study of synthetic jarosites....Pages 951-955
 57 Fe Mössbauer spectroscopy and X-ray diffraction study of complex metamict minerals. Part II....Pages 957-963
Mössbauer study of tektites....Pages 965-970
Mössbauer and mineral magnetic studies on archaeological potteries from Adhichanallur, Tamilnadu, India....Pages 971-980
High-temperature cation ordering in olivine: an in situ Mössbauer study of synthetic (Mg 0.55 Fe 0.45 ) 2 SiO 4 ....Pages 981-985
Characterization of Maghsail meteorite from Oman by Mössbauer spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction and petrographic microscopy....Pages 987-993
Mössbauer study on microwave synthesized (Cu,Fe) sulfide composites and correlation with natural mineral—cubanite....Pages 995-1002
Mössbauer studies of Polish enstatite meteorite—Zakłodzie....Pages 1003-1007
Mössbauer and VNIR study of dust generated from olivine basalt: application to Mars....Pages 1009-1015
Mössbauer study of ancient iron smelting slag in Japan....Pages 1017-1021
A Mössbauer spectroscopic study of simulated weathering of Didwana ordinary chondrites....Pages 1023-1027
 57 Fe Mössbauer spectroscopy study of phlogopite megacrysts from an evolved carbonatitic kimberlite in the northeastern Oman Mountains....Pages 1029-1033
Mössbauer spectroscopic study of China clay samples collected from different Indian sites....Pages 1035-1042
Reduction of iron(III) in annealed asbestos/chrysotile....Pages 1043-1048
New mineralogical phases identified by Mössbauer measurements in Morasko meteorite....Pages 1049-1053
Weathering of Martian and Earth surface studied by Mössbauer spectroscopy....Pages 1055-1062
Preferential occupation of pyroxene sites by iron in diogenite meteorites....Pages 1063-1068
Iron valency in minerals of xenoliths and redox state of the upper mantle (by Mössbauer spectroscopy data)....Pages 1069-1074
Coatings and weathering rinds at Gusev crater, Mars, investigated by depth selective Mössbauer spectroscopy....Pages 1075-1080
Fe mineralogy of rocks from the Vredefort impact structure investigated with Mössbauer spectroscopy....Pages 1081-1085
Variety of available coordination sites for extra-framework iron in LTA and MFI zeolites....Pages 1087-1092
Mössbauer study of magnetism in Fe II − III (oxy-)hydroxycarbonate green rusts; ferrimagnetism of Fe II − III hydroxycarbonate....Pages 1093-1098
 119 Sn Mössbauer spectroscopy: a powerful tool to unfold the reaction mechanism in advanced electrodes for lithium-ion batteries....Pages 1099-1103
Lithium insertion–deinsertion mechanism in NbSn 2 anode studied by 119 Sn Mössbauer spectroscopy....Pages 1105-1112
Evolution of the negative electrode (tin/silicate) for Li-ion batteries studied by 119 Sn Mössbauer spectroscopy....Pages 1113-1120
Mössbauer spectroscopy and nuclear inelastic scattering studies on polynuclear oxo-bridged iron catalyst—first results....Pages 1121-1127
ICEMS study of isothermal oxidation of Fe–Mn–Al–C–Cr–Si–Mo, Fe–Mn–Al–C–Cr–Si and Fe–9Cr–1Mo alloys....Pages 1129-1134
Neutron in-beam Mössbauer spectroscopy of iron disulfide at 298 and 78 K....Pages 1135-1141
 57 Fe Mössbauer study of the electrochemical reaction of Li with FeP y ( y  = 1,2)....Pages 1143-1155
 121 Sb Mössbauer study of the electrochemical reaction of NiSb 2 vs lithium....Pages 1157-1165
Effect of cooling conditions on the magnetic structure of multiferroic BiFeO 3 synthesized by mechanical activation....Pages 1167-1172
Microstructure and Mössbauer studies on magnetostrictive Tb 0.3 Dy 0.7 Fe 1.95 − x Nb x ( x = 0, 0.025, 0.05 and 0.075)....Pages 1173-1177
Mössbauer studies of GdFe 2 − x Hf x alloys....Pages 1179-1186
Low temperature route to the multiferroic FeAlO 3 : XRD and Mössbauer characterizations....Pages 1187-1193
 57 Fe Mössbauer study of La 0.67 Ca 0.33 Mn 1 − x Fe x O 3 CMR system....Pages 1195-1201
Study of SHI-induced ion beam mixing in Y 3+ : YIG employing X-ray diffraction and Mössbauer spectroscopy....Pages 1203-1210
Protection against corrosion of iron alloys by aluminized coatings produced using two different processes....Pages 1211-1216
Borosiliciding of Fe–Ni alloys and evaluation of their resistance to abrasive wear....Pages 1217-1222
Magnetic studies of Bi x Y 3-x Fe 5 O 12 fabricated using conventional method....Pages 1223-1227
Effect of Ti 4+ substitution on the hyperfine properties of Li–Sb–Ti ferrites using Mössbauer spectroscopy....Pages 1229-1234
Mössbauer study of spin structure transformation from an incommensurate to a commensurate state....Pages 1235-1239
Mössbauer and magnetic studies of the system Li 0.35 + 0.5t Zn 03 Ti t Fe 2.35 − 1.5t O 4 ....Pages 1241-1244
 57 Fe Mössbauer investigations in p-type Silicon Germanium single crystals....Pages 1245-1251
Mössbauer and calorimetric studies of portland cement hydration in the presence of black gram pulse....Pages 1253-1258
Follow up of the glassy phase formation as silicon oxide was added to Brownmillerite phase of Portland cement clinker....Pages 1259-1267
Low temperature 151 Eu and 57 Fe Mössbauer study of mechanically alloyed EuFeO 3 ....Pages 1269-1275
Mössbauer spectroscopic study of iron-doped zirconia synthesized by microwave route....Pages 1277-1283
Conversion electron Mössbauer spectroscopy study of growth and nature of corrosion products on mild steel exposed to different environments....Pages 1285-1292
Mössbauer spectroscopy and magnetic studies of orientated textured Fe 3 O 4 ferrofluid....Pages 1293-1296
Magnetic properties of neutron irradiated RPV steel....Pages 1297-1303
Spin-transition in nearly cubic site in [Fe II (L) 3 ][PF 6 ] 2 ....Pages 1305-1312
Sign determination of the hyperfine field by elliptically polarized Mössbauer source....Pages 1313-1318
Isothermal defect annealing in semiconductors investigated by time-delayed Mössbauer spectroscopy: application to ZnO....Pages 1319-1323
Quo vadis? Present and future directions of Mössbauer spectroscopy research: special focus on India....Pages 1325-1327
Application of Mössbauer spectroscopy to the thermal decomposition of strontium and barium bis(CITRATO)Ferrates(III)....Pages 1329-1335
 q -Gaussian representation of non-Lorentzian Mössbauer lineshapes....Pages 1337-1340
Spin-crossover phenomenon of the assembled iron complexes with 1,2-bis(4-pyridyl)ethane as bridging ligand studied by Mössbauer spectroscopy....Pages 1341-1345
Simultaneous fitting of Mars Mössbauer data....Pages 1347-1354
“Mössbauer spectroscopic microscope”....Pages 1355-1360
Point charge model analysis of the quadrupole splitting in normal spinels....Pages 1361-1370
Experimental design and methodology for a new Mössbauer scan experiment: absorption line tracking....Pages 1371-1376
Back Matter....Pages xx-xxvii