ICAME 2007 [electronic resource] : Proceedings of the 29th International Conference on the Applications of the Mȵssbauer Effect (ICAME 2007) held in Kanpur, India, 14-19 October 2007 / edited by N. S. Gajbhiye, S. K. Date.

Preface (ICAME2007) -- Mȵssbauer effect: a dual method for myriad applications -- Skutterudites, a thermoelectric material investigated by high field Mȵssbauer spectroscopy -- Study of nano-scale diffusion in thin films and multilayers -- Iron as a risk factor in neurological diseases -- Mȵssbauer spectroscopy in studies of photosynthesis -- Iron minerals formed by dissimilatory iron-and sulfur reducing bacteria studied by Mȵssbauer spectrometry -- Reaction and deposition of laser-evaporated iron -- Iron chelates: a challenge to chemists and Mȵssbauer spectroscopists -- Mȵssbauer spectroscopy of magnetic minerals in basalt on Earth and Mars -- The study of electron transfer in advanced materials (electrodes for Li-ion batteries or catalysts) -- Out-of-equilibrium SmFe based phases -- Advantages of Mȵssbauer polarimetric methods in material studies -- The effect of adding a bit of Fe to AgGeSe system -- Extraterrestrial Mȵssbauer spectroscopy: more than 3years of Mars exploration and developments for future missions -- Scientific opportunities in nuclear resonance spectroscopy from source-driven revolution -- A 57Fe Mȵssbauer spectroscopy study of iron nanoparticles obtained in situ in conversion ferrite electrodes -- Effect of aluminum on the hyperfine field and crystallization behaviour of NANOPERM alloy -- Anomalous magnetic behaviour of zinc and chromium ferrites without any hyperfine splitting -- X-ray diffraction and Mȵssbauer spectroscopy of high energy ball-milled ?-Fe2O3/TiO2 composite powders -- Structural transformations in NANOPERM-type alloys studied by Mȵssbauer spectrometry and diffraction of synchrotron radiation -- Study of CuFe2O4SnO2 nanocomposites by Mȵssbauer spectroscopy with high velocity resolution -- Mȵssbauer effect studies on mixed lithiumzinc ferrites prepared by solution combustion method -- Mȵssbauer and magnetization studies of iron oxide nanocrystals -- Mȵssbauer study of intergranular phase in Nd 8 Fe86???x Nb x B6(x = 0, 1, 2, 3) nanocomposite magnet -- Comparative study of the structural and magnetic properties of bulk and nanostructured Fe2CrAl -- Evolution of a FeV sigma phase ball-milled in a mixture of argon and air -- Magnetic and Mȵssbauer spectral studies of nano crystalline cobalt substituted magnesium ferrites (MgxCo1???xFe2O4) -- Mȵssbauer study of nano-crystalline LiZn ferrites -- A structural and Mȵssbauer study of Y3Fe5O12 nanoparticles prepared with high energy ball milling and subsequent sintering -- Magnetic and Mȵssbauer spectral studies of x?(NiFe2O4) + (1?x)(SrFe12O19), x = 0, 0.2, 0.4, 0.6, 0.8 and 1.0 nanocomposites -- Magnetic and Mȵssbauer spectroscopic studies of NiZn ferrite nanoparticles synthesized by a combustion method -- Partial amorphization of an ?-FeCr alloy by ball-milling -- Fe-doped TiO2 prepared by mechanical alloying -- Mȵssbauer studies of nano phase CeFe oxide composites -- Structural and magnetic study of bulk glassy Fe72???x Co x B20Si4Nb4 alloys -- Rapid stress annealing dependence of structural and magnetic properties of Fe75???x Co x Cu1Nb3Si15B6 alloys -- Study of the effect of SHI irradiation on nanocrystalline vacancy doped (La,Sr)(Mn,Fe)O system and its comparison with hydrostatic pressure using Mȵssbauer spectroscopy -- Mȵssbauer and magnetic studies of nanocrystalline ? ?-Fe4N -- Low temperature magnetic properties of Cr0.25Co0.25Zn0.5Fe2O4 nano particles -- Magnetic enhancement in nano-sized NiZn ferrite -- Hyperfine interaction studies and magnetic properties of FeCoAlN nanocomposite films -- 129I-Mȵssbauer study of iodine-doped open- and closed-end single-walled carbon nanotube -- Magnetic and Mȵssbauer properties of Fe doped VN nanoparticles -- Mȵssbauer spectroscopy study of aluminium substituted nickel-ferrites -- A Mȵssbauer investigation of zirconium distribution and diffusion in ball milled nanocrystalline iron powders -- Magnetic characterization of some nanometric iron oxides -- Tin in silicate glasses: structure, thermodynamics and kinetics -- 57Fe Mȵssbauer spectroscopic study of nanostructured zinc ferrite -- XRD and Mȵssbauer studies on PtFe nano-particles synthesized by polyol method for cathode catalyst of PEFCS -- Changes in structure and magnetic hyperfine fields of Finemet alloys, induced by transition elements substitution -- 50MeV Li3?+? ion irradiation induced modifications in structural and magnetic properties of Ti4?+?-substituted LiAl and LiCr ferrites -- Surface spin disorder in nickel ferrite nanomagnets studied by in-field Mȵssbauer spectroscopy -- Mȵssbauer spectroscopy of Co2Mn1???x Fe x Al -- Mȵssbauer spectroscopic investigation of tin-doped thiospinels -- Magnetic properties and Mȵssbauer studies in Y1?x Gd x Fe2 -- Hyperfine interactions studied by 119Sn Mȵssbauer spectroscopy in SmRhSn -- Mȵssbauer and magnetic characterization of TbRhSn -- Effect of vanadium neighbors on the hyperfine properties of ironvanadium alloys -- Mȵssbauer and magnetic study of silicon substituted cobalt ferrite -- 119Sn Mȵssbauer study of solgel synthetized Fe x Sb y Sn1???x???y O2???? powders -- Relaxation of magnetic clusters in Sr and Fe doped cobaltate perovskites -- 57Co-emission Mȵssbauer study on diluted magnetic semiconductor TiO2 films -- Magnetic behaviour of nanocrystalline Ni0.5Cu0.5Fe2O4 spinel ferrite -- Hyperfine interactions and dynamics characteristics of 119Sn in xSnO2-(1-x)?-Fe2O3 nanoparticle system -- Study of phase transition on nanocrystalline (La, Sr)(Mn, Fe)O system using high-pressure Mȵssbauer spectroscopy and high-pressure X-ray diffraction -- Comparative study between melted and mechanically alloyed samples of the Fe50Mn10Al40 nanostructured system -- Structural characterization and magnetic properties of NiMg3x/2Cr0.9Fe1.1???x O4 -- Magnetization and Mȵssbauer studies of 57Fe doped SrCoO3 -- Mȵssbauer study on indium tin oxides (ITO) doped with Fe -- Solgel synthesized powder and pulsed laser deposited film of amorphous indium zinc oxides doped with Fe -- Mȵssbauer studies and magnetic properties of spinel lead ferrite -- (Ni, Zn, Sn) Ru and (Ni, Sn) Sn substituted barium ferrite prepared by mechanical alloying -- Mȵssbauer spectroscopy of perovskite-related oxide fluorides of composition Ba0.5Sr0.5FeO2F at elevated temperatures -- Mixing characterization of mechanically milled Fe75Si15M10 powders using Mȵssbauer spectroscopy -- Magnetism of (Fe0.93Ni0.07)2P studied using 57Fe Mȵssbauer spectroscopy -- The correlation of lattice constant with superexchange interaction in Bi-YIG fabricated by mechanochemical processing -- Structural, magnetic and electrical transport properties of the La0.70Sr0.30Mn0.96 57Fe0.04O3?+?? perovskite -- Antiferromagnetism in Fe-doped PrRh2Si2: a Mȵssbauer study -- Influence of silicon and cobalt substitutions on magnetostriction coefficient of cobalt ferrite -- Mȵssbauer study of ferromagnetic metallic glasses irradiated by swift heavy ions at temperatures 100 and 300K -- Magnetic properties of ferrites synthesized by low temperature technique -- Magnetization and Mȵssbauer study of double layer perovskites La1.5Ca1.5Mn2???x Fe x O7 prepared by solgel method -- Mȵssbauer study of Fe in 3C-SiC following 57Mn implantation -- Electric field gradients at 151Eu sites in GaN -- Decrease of superparamagnetic fraction at room temperature in ultrafine CoFe2O4 particles by Ag doping -- Magnetic and Mȵssbauer studies on nanocrystalline Co1?x Li x Fe2O4 (x=0, 0.2) -- Mȵssbauer and magnetic studies on nanocrystalline NiFe2O4 particles prepared by ethylene glycol route -- Magnetic, Mȵssbauer and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopic investigations on nanocrystalline Fe3Mo3N, FeMoN2 and Ni3Mo3N nitrides -- 3-Methyl and N-Methyl-substitution in heptanuclear complexes effects multistability investigated by Mȵssbauer spectroscopy -- Chemical tuning by 5-Methyl and N-Methyl-substitution in heptanuclear complexes effects multistability investigated by

Mȵssbauer spectroscopy -- On the phenomena occurring at the interface between iron and ironplatinum thin films -- Depth resolved structural study of heavy ion induced phase formation in Si/Fe/Si trilayer -- Nuclear resonant reflectivity data evaluation with the ǣREFTIMǥ program -- Investigation of magnetic properties in 57Fe/Al multilayers -- Interface study of Ag/57Fe/Ag trilayer using Mȵssbauer and X-ray standing wave analysis -- CEMS spectra of non-spherical nanoparticles in oxidized iron thin films -- Mȵssbauer spectroscopy with high velocity resolution in the study of ferritin and Imferon: preliminary results -- Dimeric Fe (II, III) complex of quinoneoxime as functional model of PAP enzyme: Mȵssbauer, magneto-structural and DNA cleavage studies -- Characterization of the kinetics of Fe (II) binding by the R2 protein subunit of E. coli ribonucleotide reductase -- Mȵssbauer investigation of iron uptake in wheat -- Mȵssbauer spectral studies of di- and triorganotin(IV) histidinylleucinates -- Mobility of microparticles in protein gel -- Dynamics of iron in Fe-porphyrin aggregates studied by X-ray absorption and Mȵssbauer spectroscopy -- 119Sn Mȵssbauer characterization of self assembled organotin(IV) complexes with Schiff bases containing amino acetate skeletons -- Conformational changes in hemoglobin triggered by changing the iron charge -- Iron-57 Mȵssbauer spectroscopic study of fluorinated strontium orthoferrite -- 57Fe-Mȵssbauer study of electrically conducting barium iron vanadate glass after heat treatment -- Mȵssbauer spectroscopy of 151 europium dicarboxylates -- Investigation of Mo- and W-stannylidyne complexes by Mȵssbauer spectroscopy -- Synthesis and spectroscopic investigation of iron(III) complexes of N?-(thioaroyl)pyridine-2-carbohydrazides -- Mȵssbauer studies of nanosized ferrites prepared by the combustion of metal nitratesoxalyl dihydrazide solutions -- Mȵssbauer study on .

Proceedings of the 29th International Conference on the Applications of the Mȵssbauer Effect (ICAME 2007) held in Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India, 14-19 October 2007 N.S.Gajbhiye and S.K.Date (Eds) This book provides an excellent overview of the Mȵssbauer Effect in many diverse fields such as Condensed Matter Physics, Solid state Chemistry, Electro and Bio-inorganic Chemistry, Catalyis, Medicine, Geology, Minerology, Archeology and Materials Science, etc. It is of significant interest for graduate students and researchers, who wishes to work in one of the diciplines of Mȵssbauer Spectroscopy. In addition to the traditional topics, the book contains the recent developments of the technique using Synchrotron Radiation and also in the fields of nanomaterials, surfaces and interfaces, industrial applications and Mars Exploration.

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