ICAME 2007

Preface (ICAME2007).- Mössbauer effect: a dual method for myriad applications.- Skutterudites, a thermoelectric material investigated by high field Mössbauer spectroscopy.- Study of nano-scale diffusion in thin films and multilayers.- Iron as a risk factor in neurological diseases.- Mössbauer spectroscopy in studies of photosynthesis.- Iron minerals formed by dissimilatory iron-and sulfur reducing bacteria studied by Mössbauer spectrometry.- Reaction and deposition of laser-evaporated iron.- Iron chelates: a challenge to chemists and Mössbauer spectroscopists.- Mössbauer 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 Sm-Fe based phases.- Advantages of Mössbauer polarimetric methods in material studies.- The effect of adding a bit of Fe to Ag-Ge-Se system.- Extraterrestrial Mössbauer spectroscopy: more than 3 years of Mars exploration and developments for future missions.- Scientific opportunities in nuclear resonance spectroscopy from source-driven revolution.- A 57Fe Mössbauer 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 Mössbauer spectroscopy of high energy ball-milled ?-Fe2O3/TiO2 composite powders.- Structural transformations in NANOPERM-type alloys studied by Mössbauer spectrometry and diffraction of synchrotron radiation.- Study of CuFe2O4-SnO2 nanocomposites by Mössbauer spectroscopy with high velocity resolution.- Mössbauer effect studies on mixedlithium-zinc ferrites prepared by solution combustion method.- Mössbauer and magnetization studies of iron oxide nanocrystals.- Mössbauer 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 Mössbauer spectral studies of nano crystalline cobalt substituted magnesium ferrites (MgxCo1???xFe2O4).- Mössbauer study of nano-crystalline Li-Zn ferrites.- A structural and Mössbauer study of Y3Fe5O12 nanoparticles prepared with high energy ball milling and subsequent sintering.- Magnetic and Mössbauer spectral studies of x?(NiFe2O4) + (1?x)(SrFe12O19), x = 0, 0.2, 0.4, 0.6, 0.8 and 1.0 nanocomposites.- Magnetic and Mössbauer 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.- Mössbauer studies of nano phase Ce-Fe 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 Mössbauer spectroscopy.- Mössbauer and magnetic studies of nanocrystalline ? ?-Fe4N.- Low temperature magnetic properties of Cr0.25Co0.25Zn0.5Fe2O4 nano particles.- Magnetic enhancement in nano-sized Ni-Zn ferrite.- Hyperfine interaction studies and magnetic properties of FeCoAlN nanocomposite films.-129I-Mössbauer study of iodine-doped open- and closed-end single-walled carbon nanotube.- Magnetic and Mössbauer properties of Fe doped VN nanoparticles.- Mössbauer spectroscopy study of aluminium substituted nickel-ferrites.- A Mössbauer 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 Mössbauer spectroscopic study of nanostructured zinc ferrite.- XRD and Mössbauer studies on Pt-Fe 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.- 50 MeV Li3?+? ion irradiation induced modifications in structural and magnetic properties of Ti4?+?-substituted Li-Al and Li-Cr ferrites.- Surface spin disorder in nickel ferrite nanomagnets studied by in-field Mössbauer spectroscopy.- Mössbauer spectroscopy of Co2Mn1???x Fe x Al.- Mössbauer spectroscopic investigation of tin-doped thiospinels.- Magnetic properties and Mössbauer studies in Y1?x Gd x Fe2.- Hyperfine interactions studied by 119Sn Mössbauer spectroscopy in SmRhSn.- Mössbauer and magnetic characterization of TbRhSn.- Effect of vanadium neighbors on the hyperfine properties of iron-vanadium alloys.- Mössbauer and magnetic study of silicon substituted cobalt ferrite.- 119Sn Mössbauer study of sol-gel synthetized Fe x Sb y Sn1???x???y O2???? powders.- Relaxation of magnetic clusters in Sr and Fe doped cobaltate perovskites.- 57Co-emission Mössbauer study on diluted magnetic semiconductor TiO2 films.- Magnetic behaviour of nanocrystalline Ni0.5Cu0.5Fe2O4spinel 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 Mössbauer 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 Mössbauer studies of 57Fe doped SrCoO3.- Mössbauer study on indium tin oxides (ITO) doped with Fe.- Sol-gel synthesized powder and pulsed laser deposited film of amorphous indium zinc oxides doped with Fe.- Mössbauer studies and magnetic properties of spinel lead ferrite.- (Ni, Zn, Sn) Ru and (Ni, Sn) Sn substituted barium ferrite prepared by mechanical alloying.- Mössbauer spectroscopy of perovskite-related oxide fluorides of composition Ba0.5Sr0.5FeO2F at elevated temperatures.- Mixing characterization of mechanically milled Fe75Si15M10 powders using Mössbauer spectroscopy.- Magnetism of (Fe0.93Ni0.07)2P studied using 57Fe Mössbauer 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 Mössbauer study.- Influence of silicon and cobalt substitutions on magnetostriction coefficient of cobalt ferrite.- Mössbauer study of ferromagnetic metallic glasses irradiated by swift heavy ions at temperatures 100 and 300 K.- Magnetic properties of ferrites synthesized by low temperature technique.- Magnetization and Mössbauer study of double layerperovskites La1.5Ca1.5Mn2???x Fe x O7 prepared by sol-gel method.- Mössbauer 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 Mössbauer studies on nanocrystalline Co1?x Li x Fe2O4 (x = 0, 0.2).- Mössbauer and magnetic studies on nanocrystalline NiFe2O4 particles prepared by ethylene glycol route.- Magnetic, Mössbauer 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 Mössbauer spectroscopy.- Chemical tuning by 5-Methyl and N-Methyl-substitution in heptanuclear complexes effects multistability investigated by Mössbauer spectroscopy.- On the phenomena occurring at the interface between iron and iron-platinum thin films.- Depth resolved structural study of heavy ion induced phase formation in Si/Fe/Si trilayer.- Nuclear resonant reflectivity data evaluation with the "REFTIM" program.- Investigation of magnetic properties in 57Fe/Al multilayers.- Interface study of Ag/57Fe/Ag trilayer using Mössbauer and X-ray standing wave analysis.- CEMS spectra of non-spherical nanoparticles in oxidized iron thin films.- Mössbauer 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: Mössbauer, magneto-structural and DNA cleavage studies.- Characterization of the kinetics of Fe (II) binding by the R2 protein subunit of E. coli ribonucleotide reductase.- Mössbauer investigation of iron uptake in wheat.-Mössbauer 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 Mössbauer spectroscopy.- 119Sn Mössbauer 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 Mössbauer spectroscopic study of fluorinated strontium orthoferrite.- 57Fe-Mössbauer study of electrically conducting barium iron vanadate glass after heat treatment.- Mössbauer spectroscopy of 151 europium dicarboxylates.- Investigation of Mo- and W-stannylidyne complexes by Mössbauer spectroscopy.- Synthesis and spectroscopic investigation of iron(III) complexes of N?-(thioaroyl)pyridine-2-carbohydrazides.- Mössbauer studies of nanosized ferrites prepared by the combustion of metal nitrates-oxalyl dihydrazide solutions.- Mössbauer study on iron-polygalacturonate coordination compounds.- Mössbauer spectroscopic studies of spin crossover in tris(N, N?-dialkyldithiocarbamato) iron (III) complexes: effect of alkyl substituents.- Mössbauer study of [Fe(Dioximato) n L2] mixed coordination compounds.- Mössbauer studies of Fe2?+ and Fe3?+ mixed state in ilmenite-hematite solid solution.- Mössbauer spectroscopy of lanthanum and holmium ferrites.- Chemical bonding and quadrupole splittings of 57Fe Mössbauer spectrum in active sites of oxyhemoglobin as calculated by X ? -discrete variation method.- 157 T internal magnetic field in Fe[C(SiMe3)3]2 compound at 20 K.- Structure of some FeII???III hydroxysalt green rusts (carbonate, oxalate, methanoate) from Mössbauer spectroscopy.- Mössbauer study of iron in highoxidation states in the K-Fe-O system.- Mössbauer characteristics of glauconitisation.- Disordered chromite in the Martian meteorite Allan Hills 84001.- Mössbauer studies on impactites from Lonar impact crater.- 57Fe Mössbauer spectroscopy study of organic rich sediment (source rocks) from test well K-263 of Cambay Basin, India.- Fougerite FeII???III oxyhydroxycarbonate in environmental chemistry and nitrate reduction.- Iron speciation in fault gouge from the Ushikubi fault zone central Japan.- Study of iron meteorite Sikhote-Alin and extracted iron-nickel phosphides using Mössbauer spectroscopy with high velocity resolution.- Mössbauer spectroscopy with high velocity resolution in the study of ordinary chondrites.- Mössbauer study of synthetic jarosites.- 57Fe Mössbauer spectroscopy and X-ray diffraction study of complex metamict minerals. Part II.- Mössbauer study of tektites.- Mössbauer and mineral magnetic studies on archaeological potteries from Adhichanallur, Tamilnadu, India.- High-temperature cation ordering in olivine: an in situ Mössbauer study of synthetic (Mg0.55Fe0.45)2 SiO4.- Characterization of Maghsail meteorite from Oman by Mössbauer spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction and petrographic microscopy.- Mössbauer study on microwave synthesized (Cu,Fe) sulfide composites and correlation with natural mineral-cubanite.- Mössbauer studies of Polish enstatite meteorite-Zak?odzie.- Mössbauer and VNIR study of dust generated from olivine basalt: application to Mars.- Mössbauer study of ancient iron smelting slag in Japan.- A Mössbauer spectroscopic study of simulated weathering of Didwana ordinary chondrites.- 57Fe Mössbauer spectroscopy study of phlogopite megacrysts from an evolved carbonatitic kimberlite in the northeastern OmanMountains.- Mössbauer spectroscopic study of China clay samples collected from different Indian sites.- Reduction of iron(III) in annealed asbestos/chrysotile.- New mineralogical phases identified by Mössbauer measurements in Morasko meteorite.- Weathering of Martian and Earth surface studied by Mössbauer spectroscopy.- Preferential occupation of pyroxene sites by iron in diogenite meteorites.- Iron valency in minerals of xenoliths and redox state of the upper mantle (by Mössbauer spectroscopy data).- Coatings and weathering rinds at Gusev crater, Mars, investigated by depth selective Mössbauer spectroscopy.- Fe mineralogy of rocks from the Vredefort impact structure investigated with Mössbauer spectroscopy.- Variety of available coordination sites for extra-framework iron in LTA and MFI zeolites.- Mössbauer study of magnetism in FeII???III (oxy-)hydroxycarbonate green rusts; ferrimagnetism of FeII???III hydroxycarbonate.- 119Sn Mössbauer spectroscopy: a powerful tool to unfold the reaction mechanism in advanced electrodes for lithium-ion batteries.- Lithium insertion-deinsertion mechanism in NbSn2 anode studied by 119Sn Mössbauer spectroscopy.- Evolution of the negative electrode (tin/silicate) for Li-ion batteries studied by 119 Sn Mössbauer spectroscopy.- Mössbauer spectroscopy and nuclear inelastic scattering studies on polynuclear oxo-bridged iron catalyst-first results.- ICEMS study of isothermal oxidation of Fe-Mn-Al-C-Cr-Si-Mo, Fe-Mn-Al-C-Cr-Si and Fe-9Cr-1Mo alloys.- Neutron in-beam Mössbauer spectroscopy of iron disulfide at 298 and 78 K.- 57Fe Mössbauer study of the electrochemical reaction of Li with FeP y (y?=?1,2).- 121Sb Mössbauer study of the electrochemical reaction of NiSb2 vs lithium.-Effect of cooling conditions on the magnetic structure of multiferroic BiFeO3 synthesized by mechanical activation.- Microstructure and Mössbauer studies on magnetostrictive Tb0.3Dy0.7Fe1.95???x Nb x (x = 0, 0.025, 0.05 and 0.075).- Mössbauer studies of GdFe2???x Hf x alloys.- Low temperature route to the multiferroic FeAlO3: XRD and Mössbauer characterizations.- 57Fe Mössbauer study of La0.67Ca0.33Mn1???x Fe x O3 CMR system.- Study of SHI-induced ion beam mixing in Y3+: YIG employing X-ray diffraction and Mössbauer spectroscopy.- Protection against corrosion of iron alloys by aluminized coatings produced using two different processes.- Borosiliciding of Fe-Ni alloys and evaluation of their resistance to abrasive wear.- Magnetic studies of Bi x Y3-x Fe5O12 fabricated using conventional method.- Effect of Ti4+ substitution on the hyperfine properties of Li-Sb-Ti ferrites using Mössbauer spectroscopy.- Mössbauer study of spin structure transformation from an incommensurate to a commensurate state.- Mössbauer and magnetic studies of the system Li0.35?+?0.5t Zn03Ti t Fe2.35???1.5t O4.- 57Fe Mössbauer investigations in p-type Silicon Germanium single crystals.- Mössbauer and calorimetric studies of portland cement hydration in the presence of black gram pulse.- Follow up of the glassy phase formation as silicon oxide was added to Brownmillerite phase of Portland cement clinker.- Low temperature 151Eu and 57Fe Mössbauer study of mechanically alloyed EuFeO3.- Mössbauer spectroscopic study of iron-doped zirconia synthesized by microwave route.- Conversion electron Mössbauer spectroscopy study of growth and nature of corrosion products on mild steel exposed to different environments.- Mössbauer spectroscopy and magnetic studiesof orientated textured Fe3O4 ferrofluid.- Magnetic properties of neutron irradiated RPV steel.- Spin-transition in nearly cubic site in [FeII(L)3][PF6]2.- Sign determination of the hyperfine field by elliptically polarized Mössbauer source.- Isothermal defect annealing in semiconductors investigated by time-delayed Mössbauer spectroscopy: application to ZnO.- Quo vadis? Present and future directions of Mössbauer spectroscopy research: special focus on India.- Application of Mössbauer spectroscopy to the thermal decomposition of strontium and barium bis(CITRATO)Ferrates(III).- q-Gaussian representation of non-Lorentzian Mössbauer lineshapes.- Spin-crossover phenomenon of the assembled iron complexes with 1,2-bis(4-pyridyl)ethane as bridging ligand studied by Mössbauer spectroscopy.- Simultaneous fitting of Mars Mössbauer data.- "Mössbauer spectroscopic microscope".- Point charge model analysis of the quadrupole splitting in normal spinels.- Experimental design and methodology for a new Mössbauer scan experiment: absorption line tracking.