Fe57 Mössbauer study in cobalt substituted magnetite

The Mössbauer effect has been studied in the mixed ferrites Co _x Fe_3–x O₄ (forx=0.8, 0.9 and 1) with the spinel structure in the temperature range between 78 and 380 K. The composition withx=1, showed an expected Zeeman spectrum with two overlapping magnetic hyperfine patterns related to the Fe³⁺ ions in tetrahedral and octahedral sites. While for samples withx=0.8 and 0.9 the Mössbauer spectrum for each compound was successfully analysed into three different patterns corresponding to the ferric ions placed at the tetrahedral and octahedral sites and ferrous ions at the octahedral sites, indicating no electron transfer between Fe³⁺ and Fe²⁺, where the quantity of cobalt is sufficiently large to be located at the six nearest neighbours to ferrous ions. The Mössbauer effect parameters were calculated for these observed sites and their variation with temperature reported. The reduced hyperfine magnetic fields of the Fe³⁺ (B) ions were found to follow the Brillouin curve forS=5/2 and one third power law. The magnetic ordering temperature was determined to be 815 K and the possible magnetic interactions were discussed.     

A 57Fe Mössbauer spectroscopy study of iron nanoparticles obtained in situ in conversion ferrite electrodes

Transmission Mössbauer spectroscopy and CEMS are powerful tools to study the changes in which iron-containing active materials of conversion electrodes are involved during lithium cell charge and discharge. The usual spectrum of pristine CoFe₂O₄ spinel with two sextets ascribable to Fe^3?+? ions in both tetrahedral and octahedral environments, changes dramatically after cell discharge to 0 V vs. Li, and can be interpreted as the result of iron reduction to the metallic state in the form of superparamagnetic metal nanoparticles dispersed in a Li₂O matrix. After cell charge to 3 V, the MS of the pristine sample is not recovered. Instead, two new doublets are visible with IS ascribable to Fe^3?+? ions. ⁵⁷Fe CEMS evidences the different environment of iron atoms in the surface of the nanodispersed material found in the used electrodes.     

57Fe hyperfine interactions in M1 and M2 sites of olivine from Omolon meteorite: study using Mössbauer spectroscopy

Study of olivine (Fe, Mg)₂SiO₄ from Omolon meteorite was performed using Mössbauer spectroscopy with a high velocity resolution at 295 and 90 K. Components related to ⁵⁷Fe in crystallographically non-equivalent M1 and M2 sites in olivine were determined and its Mössbauer hyperfine parameters were evaluated at both temperatures. A Fe^2?+?–Mg^2?+? distribution coefficient and a temperature of cation equilibrium distribution for olivine from Omolon were evaluated on the basis of Mössbauer parameters.     

Mössbauer spectroscopy on57Fe: NaCl crystals

Mössbauer absorbtion spectra of⁵⁷Fe-doped NaCl crystal were measured and correlated with an adequate electric field gradient computation to describe the dipolar complexes occuring at the decay of Suzuki-phase under thermal treatment and X-ray irradiation. An electrostatic potential of the type was taken into account in the evaluation of EFG tensor.     

Mössbauer study of Fe in 3C-SiC following 57Mn implantation

Our investigations on substitutional and interstitial Fe in the group IV semiconductors, from ⁵⁷Fe Mössbauer measurements following ⁵⁷Mn implantation, have been continued with investigations in 3C-SiC. Mössbauer spectra were collected after implantation and measurement at temperatures from 300 to 905 K. Following comparison with Mössbauer parameters for Fe in Si, diamond and Ge, four Fe species are identified: two due to Fe in tetrahedral interstitial sites surrounded, respectively, by four C atoms (Fe_i.C) or four Si atoms (Fe_i,Si) and two to Fe in (or close to) defect free or implantation damaged substitutional sites. An annealing stage at 300–500 K is evident. Above 600 K the Fe_i,Si fraction decreases markedly, reaching close to zero intensity at 905 K. This is accompanied by a corresponding increase in the Fe_i,C fraction.     

Mössbauer study of Fe in GaAs following 57Mn + implantation

The metastable 2S state in muonic hydrogen is particularily interesting because a measurement of the Lamb shift could reduce the uncertainty in the proton charge radius by an order of magnitude. The most important prerequisite for such a measurement is a sufficiently large population and lifetime of the 2S state. We have determined the long-lived and short-lived 2S population, the deexcitation mechanisms and lifetimes, and the cascade time in μp.     

57Fe Mössbauer spectroscopic study of nanostructured zinc ferrite

Nanosize zinc ferrite particles, prepared by nitrate method, were investigated by XRD, TEM, ⁵⁷Fe Mössbauer spectroscopy and VSM. The average particle size in this system varies from 10 to 62 nm as the sintering temperature increases from 300°C to 1,000°C. The lattice parameters in this system are almost constant at a value of ～8.41 Å. The Mössbauer spectra of all the sintered samples show a single doublet. The Mössbauer hyperfine parameters show little change with the change of sintering temperature. The doublets are ascribed to the presence of superparamagnetism in this system, which is also corroborated by the VSM measurements.     

57Fe Mössbauer study of new multiferroic AgFeO2

The present work reports results of the ⁵⁷Fe Mössbauer measurements on AgFeO₂ powder sample recorded at various temperatures including the points of both magnetic phase transitions. The ⁵⁷Fe Mössbauer spectra of AgFeO₂ measured in the paramagnetic range (T > T _N1) consist of one quadrupole doublet with rather high quadrupole splitting of Δ_300K = 0.66 ± 0.01 mm/s for Fe³⁺ ions. In order to predict the sign of electric field gradient (EFG) at ⁵⁷Fe nuclei, we calculated the lattice contribution to the electric field gradient (EFG) at ⁵⁷Fe nuclei, which emphasized the importance of the dipolar contributions, with resultant oxygen polarizabilities in the range of α _O = 0.83 ų, in agreement with the results obtained previously for other delafossite-like oxides. In the temperature range of T _N2 < T < T _N1, Mössbauer spectra gave clear evidence for the existence of a distribution of the hyperfine magnetic fields H _hf at ⁵⁷Fe nuclei. We present the results of a model fitting of the spectra based on an assumption of the cycloid magnetic structure of AgFeO₂ at T < T _N2. The obtained data were analysed in comparison with published data on Mössbauer studies of oxide multiferroics.     

Mössbauer effect diffraction from polycrystalline57Fe

We built a Debye-Scherrer type powder diffractometer with a⁵⁷Co radiation source and a large-angle position-sensitive detector. We tuned the incident -ray beam on and off the Mössbauer effect resonance, and measured diffraction patterns from our textured samples of polycrystalline⁵⁷Fe. Mössbauer effect diffraction dominated over X-ray diffraction for the higher order Bragg peaks.     

57Fe Mössbauer study of the Nurina–003 ordinary chondrite meteorite

Nurina–003 is a Group LL5/br Ordinary Chondrite meteorite which was recovered in the Nullarbor Desert (Australia) in 1986. The degree of weathering is classified as moderate to severe. We have characterised the Fe-bearing phases in Nurina–003 by ⁵⁷Fe Mössbauer Spectroscopy over the temperature range 5–295 K. The spectra are dominated by Olivine and also contain Pyroxene, Troilite and a Ferric component that is (super)paramagnetic at 295 K. We clearly see the effects of the magnetic ordering of the Olivine phase in the 5 K spectrum.     

Mössbauer study of 57Fe in GaAs and GaP following 57Mn+ implantation

Ion implantation provides a precise method of incorporating dopant atoms in semiconductors, provided lattice damage due to the implantation process can be annealed and the dopant atoms located on regular lattice sites. We have undertaken ⁵⁷Fe emission Mössbauer spectroscopy measurements on GaAs and GaP single crystals following implantation of radioactive ⁵⁷Mn^?+? ions, to study the lattice sites of the implanted ions, the annealing of implantation induced damage and impurity–vacancy complexes formed. The Mössbauer spectra were analyzed with four spectral components: an asymmetric doublet (D1) attributed to Fe atoms in distorted environments due to implantation damage, two single lines, S1 assigned to Fe on substitutional Ga sites, and S2 to Fe on interstitial sites, and a low intensity symmetric doublet (D2) assigned to impurity–vacancy complexes. The variations in the extracted hyperfine parameters of D1 for both materials at high temperatures (T?> 400 K) suggests changes in the immediate environment of the Fe impurity atoms and different bonding mechanism to the Mössbauer probe atom. The results show that the annealing of the radiation induced damage is more prominent in GaAs compared to GaP.     

57Fe quadrupole splitting and isomer shift in various oxyhemoglobins: study using Mössbauer spectroscopy

A comparative study of normal human, rabbit and pig oxyhemoglobins and oxyhemoglobin from patients with chronic myeloleukemia and multiple myeloma using Mössbauer spectroscopy with a high velocity resolution demonstrated small variations of the ⁵⁷Fe quadrupole splitting and isomer shift. These variations may be a result of small structural differences in the heme iron stereochemistry of various hemoglobins.     

Mössbauer spectroscopy study of interfaces for spintronics

The submonolayer sensitivity and element-specificity of conversion electron Mössbauer spectroscopy, combined with the use of ⁵⁷Fe enriched tracer layers, enable to carefully investigate thin films and interfaces at the atomic-scale. This paper reports on the main achievements we obtained so far in the study of structural, chemical, and magnetic properties of a variety of interfaces between oxides and Fe-based films having potential interest in the field of spintronics.     

Mössbauer spectroscopic study of 57Fe metabolic transformations in the rhizobacterium Azospirillum brasilense Sp245

Preliminary ⁵⁷Fe transmission Mössbauer spectroscopic data were obtained for the first time for live cells of the plant-growth-promoting rhizobacterium Azospirillum brasilense (wild-type strain Sp245) grown aerobically with ⁵⁷Fe^III–nitrilotriacetate (NTA) complex as a sole source of iron. The results obtained have shown that live cells actively reduce part of the assimilated iron(III) to iron(II), the latter amounting up to 33 % of total cellular iron after 18 h of growth, and 48 % after additional 3 days of storage of the dense wet cell suspension in nutrient-free saline solution in air at room temperature (measured at 80 K). The cellular iron(II) was found to be represented by two quadrupole doublets of different high-spin forms, while the parameters of the cellular iron(III) were close to those typical for bacterioferritins.     

A dilute-limit heat of solution of molybdenum in iron studied with 57Fe Mössbauer spectroscopy

The room temperature Mössbauer spectra of ⁵⁷Fe were measured for iron-based solid solutions Fe_1???x Mo _x with x in the range 0.01?≤?x?≤?0.05. The obtained data were analysed in terms of the binding energy E _b between two molybdenum atoms in the studied materials using the extended Hrynkiewicz–Królas idea. It was found that the energy is positive or Mo atoms interact repulsively. The extrapolated value of E _b for x?=?0 was used for computation of the dilute-limit heat of solution of Mo in Fe. The obtain result was compared with both, the corresponding values given in the literature which were calculated theoretically on the basis of the simple embedded-atom model, as well as with the value resulting from the cellular atomic model of alloys by Miedema. The comparison shows that our findings are in a qualitative agreement with the Miedema’s model predictions and they are at variance with the theoretical computations mentioned above.     

Mössbauer spectroscopy with high velocity resolution in the study of ordinary chondrites

Mössbauer spectroscopy with high velocity resolution was used to study of 11 ordinary chondrites from L and H chemical groups. Mössbauer spectra were recorded in 4,096 channels and then presented in 1,024 channels. An increase of velocity resolution allowed us to carry out more detailed analysis of ordinary chondrites and to decrease experimental error for evaluation of hyperfine parameters in comparison with previous chondrite Mössbauer spectra measured in 512 channels or less. Variations of hyperfine parameters were observed for corresponding iron bearing phases in chondrites. Two crystallographically non-equivalent octahedral sites M1 and M2 in olivine and pyroxene were revealed in Mössbauer spectra of bulk chondrite samples.     

Mössbauer study of the Fe mineralogy in two different Argentine soils

Two Argentine soils featuring different characteristics and compositions (mollisols and ultisols) have been studied by Mössbauer spectroscopy and X-ray diffraction. The first type has a weakly developed profile with a solum thickness of 40 cm; the Fe oxyhydroxides are present in low concentrations in mixtures with other slightly weathered minerals (e.g., quartz, feldspars, 2 : 1 phyllosilicates, etc.). The second one is a typic kandihumult, which is a highly weathered red coloured, deep soil. The Fe oxyhydroxides are abundant, mixed mainly with kaolinite clay minerals. Analyses of iron mineralogy show hematite and goethite in both soils. Their ratio is low in the first case and high in the last case. Magnetite–maghemite are also present in both situations, but in the mollisol their content is much lower than in the ultisol. The mineralogy found is related to the different lithological characteristics and processes of pedological evolution on both soils.