This book provides an up-to-date overview of the Mössbauer effect in physics, chemistry, electrochemistry, catalysis, biology, medicine, geology, mineralogy, archaeology and materials science. It is of great interest for graduate students and researchers who work in one of these scientific areas or use the Mössbauer spectroscopy. In addition to the traditional topics, the book contains the most recent developments of the technique especially in the fields of nanoparticles, thin films, surfaces, interfaces, magnetism, experimentation, theory, medical and industrial applications and Mars exploration.

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Stanley Ruby 19242004.- In situ Mössbauer studies of electrochemical processes.- Dynamics of metal centers monitored by nuclear inelastic scattering.- Critical sizes and characteristics of nanoclusters and nanostructures.- Molecular Switchable Solids: towards photo-controlled magnetism.- Fe-Ag granular multilayers and heterostructures studied in applied magnetic field.- Evidence for direct observation by Mössbauer spectroscopy of surface tin atoms in platinum-tin particles.- Mössbauer and magnetic study of CoxFe3?x O4 nanoparticles.- Low temperature CEMS of Sn-implanted SiO2.- Surface properties of Fe76Mo8Cu1B15 alloy after annealing.- Mechanosynthesis of spinel ferrite nanoparticles followed by Mössbauer spectroscopy.- Formation of gold nanoparticles in gold ruby glass: The influence of tin.- Mössbauer study of the transition metal phosphorus trichalcogenide FePS3 and spin glass Mn0.5Fe0.5PS3.- Synthesis of nanoscale antimony particles.- Phase transformations of ?-FeCr induced by ball milling.- Chemical reduction of hematite by sodium borohydride.- Aluminium based amorphous and nanocrystalline structure.- The effect of the sputtering process ambient on the magnetic state and phase composition of the film nanocomposites (Fe0.45Co0.45Zr0.10)x(Al2O3)1?x .- Mössbauer studies of phosphate glasses for the immobilisation of toxic and nuclear wastes.- Rotational dynamics in anisotropic confinement.- Mössbauer studies of ?-Fe3?x NixN and ??-Fe4?y NiyN nanoparticles.- Mössbauer and magnetic studies of MFe2O4 (M=Co, Ni) nanoparticles.- Mössbauer study of the crystallization products of a Fe75Zr25 amorphous alloy.- 57Fe Mössbauer studies of amorphous Pd40(NiFe)40P20 alloys.- Mössbauer spectroscopical investigation of amorphous Fe-Y alloy ribbons preparedby melt spinning.- Magnetic properties of nanocrystalline FeNiCoxZrB alloys (x = 0, 10, 20).- Crystallization of amorphous FeNiZrB and FeNiCoZrB alloys.- Mössbauer and XRD study of pulse plated Fe-P and Fe-Ni thin layers.- Mössbauer studies on ultraporous Fe-Oxide/SiO2 aerogel.- A novel investigation of tin-doped ferrihydrite nanoparticles.- Mössbauer study of nanodimensional nickel ferrite mechanochemical synthesis and catalytic properties.- Mössbauer study of iron oxide modified montmorillonite.- Magnetic properties of metallic glasses of the type Fe80?x PdxB20 and Fe80?x PtxB20.- Mössbauer and D.C. magnetization studies of (CuFe2O4)1?x (SnO2)x (x=0 and 5 wt.%) nanocomposites.- Hybrid magnetic nanoparticles derived from wüstite disproportionation reactions at the nanoscale.- Superparamagnetic relaxation Mössbauer spectra by phonon-magnon interaction using the multilevel method.- Local structural order in nanostructured hematite.- Mössbauer studies of Cr substituted bulk and nano Co-Zn ferrites.- Surface oxidation control of nanosized magnetite and Mössbauer measurements.- Mössbauer study of nano-TiO2 doped with Fe.- Quadrupole splitting temperature dependence of high and low affinity deoxyhemoglobin encapsulated in wet silica gel.- Human nigral and liver iron comparison by Mössbauer spectroscopy, electron microscopy and ELISA.- Mössbauer study of iron uptake in cucumber root.- Nuclear resonance vibrational spectroscopy of iron-sulfur proteins.- Tin-DNA complexes investigated by nuclear inelastic scattering of synchrotron radiation.- Application of 57Co emission Mössbauer spectroscopy to studying biocomplexes in frozen solutions.- Is the hematin derived from dodecaphenylporphyrin a ?-oxo dimer?.- Mössbauer spectroscopy: Application inbiomedical research.- Study of chicken liver and spleen by Mössbauer spectroscopy.- Ab initio study of the 57Fe quadrupole splitting in the heme models of ?- and ?-subunits in tetrameric deoxyhemoglobin.- Deuterium isotope effects on iron core formation in ferritin.- A 57Fe Mössbauer characterization of Fe-biopolymer complexes and their relevance to biological molecules.- Search for the stannous ion in a chloride/fluoride matrix: cases of Ba1?x SnxCl1+y F1?y and of Ba2SnCl6.- Exploring metal atom dynamics in organometallics: methodology and results for C60 ferrocenes.- Reactions of 57Mn implanted into solid oxygen.- Iron-57 Mössbauer spectroscopy study of phases in the CaZrTi2?2x NbxFexO7 zirconolite system.- X-ray and Mössbauer study of structural changes in K3Na(FeO4)2.- BaSnF4 fast ion conductor: Variations versus the method of preparation and anomalous temperature variation of the quadrupole splitting.- Phase transition of the doubly disordered Ba1 ? x SnxCl1+y F1?y solid solution at high temperature.- Multifunctional materials exhibiting spin crossover and liquid-crystalline properties.- Ordering in FeIIIII Hydroxysalt green rusts from XRD and Mössbauer analysis (chloride, carbonate, sulphate, oxalate...); about the structure of hydrotalcite-like compounds.- Mössbauer studies of mixed-valence spin-crossover iron complexes with a hexadentate tripod ligand.- Study on charge transfer interaction and valence state of layered perovskite-type mixed valence complex [NH3(CH2)nNH3]2[(AuII2)(AuIIII4)(I3)2] (n = 7, 8), by means of 197Au Mössbauer spectroscopy.- Variable temperature Mössbauer spectroscopic studies of oxo-centered trinuclear mixed-valence iron succinate, mesaconate and isophthalate complexes.- Relationship between 237Np Mössbauerparameters and bond distances in nitrogen coordinated[NpO2(acac)2py].- Neutron in-beam Mössbauer spectroscopic study of iron disulfide at room temperature.- Corelationship between local structure and water purifying ability of iron-containing waste glasses.- Investigation of primary chemical reactions of electrons by emission Mössbauer and positron spectroscopies.- Mössbauer study on the gamma radiolysis of lithium trisoxalatoferrate (III) pentahydrate.- Characterisation of the reduction properties of La0.5Sr0.5Fe0.5Co0.5O3.- An investigation of trivalent substituted M-type hexagonal ferrite using X-ray and Moössbauer spectroscopy.- Metallosupramolecular coordination polyelectrolytes investigated by Mössbauer spectroscopy.- Spin-crossover phenomena of the assembled iron complexes by enclathrating an organic molecule.- A temperature and magnetic field dependence Mössbauer study of ?Fe2O3.- Structure comparison between Th2Zn17-type and TbCu7-type Sm-Fe intermetallic compounds and their nitrides by means of 57Fe-Mössbauer spectroscopy.- Defects induced by electron irradiation in hollandite ceramics, specific radioactive cesium-host wasteforms: a 57Fe Mössbauer study.- DFT calculations as a tool to analyse quadrupole splittings of spin crossover Fe(II) complexes.- Mössbauer studies of 151Eu in europium oxalate, europium bissalen ammonium and europium benzoate.- Impact related changes in mineral properties: Ti-magnetite from basaltic rocks at Lonar crater, India.- On the merits of conversion electron Mössbauer spectroscopy in geosciences.- Characterization of burned soil profiles by Mössbauer spectroscopy.- Backscattering Mössbauer spectroscopy of Martian dust.- 57Fe Mössbauer spectroscopy and x-ray diffraction study of some complex metamict minerals.- KTBiron mineralogy at iridium deficient layers revealed by Mössbauer spectroscopy.- Mössbauer study of glasses in meteorites: the D'Orbigny angrite and Cachari eucrite.- Mössbauer spectroscopy on Mars: goethite in the Columbia Hills at Gusev crater.- Simulations of the magnetic properties …