The valence states of Fe atoms and the formation oxygen vacancies in substituted La 0.67 Sr 0.33 FeO 3-γ orthoferrite have been studied detail by low-temperature Mossbauer spectroscopy under removal. It has shown that averaged state is not revealed with a decreasing measurement temperature. This makes it possible to reveal 4+ ions. Analysis obtained data allows us conclude presence several Zeem...

Mossbauer, EPR, magnetic susceptibility, and DFT studies of the unusual two-coordinate iron(II) amide Fe[N(t-Bu)(2)](2) show that it retains a linear N-Fe-N framework due to the nonbonding delta nature of the (xy, x(2)-y(2)) orbitals. The resulting near-degenerate ground state gives rise to a large magnetic moment and a remarkably large internal hyperfine field. The results confirm that extraor...

Highly accurate soft-XMCD data recorded on a Nd2Fe14B single crystal, through the spin reorientation transition show that the average Fe orbital moment (a) is proportional to the macroscopic Fe anisotropy constant, and (b) diverges 15 K below the reorientation transition temperature. This divergence is indicative of a critical behavior and it is related to a tetragonal distortion. These results...

The inelastic scattering of x-rays, one of the the first applications of x-rays to the field of condensed matter physics, has been rejuvenated in the last decade. The availability of synchrotrons radiation from wiggler and undulator sources combined with advances in monochromatization of the incident beam and analysis of the scattered beam with meV resolution led to the measurement of phonon di...

Nanospray and collisionally-induced dissociation are used to evaluate the presence and absence of interstrand co-chelation of zinc ions in dimers of metallothionein. As was reported in a previous publication from this laboratory, co-chelation stabilizes the dimer to collisional activation, and facilitates asymmetrical zinc ion transfers during fragmentation. In the case of metallothionein, dime...

— The overall stoichiometry compensation through transition ion valency changes has been studied in CuGaS2. For this purpose, Ni and Fe were used as ionic sensors of the matrix state, as these impurities are already present in the as-grown material. The valency changes could be observed either by electron spin resonance or Mossbauer absorption. With increasing sulphur content, the valency of Fe...

Whiskers of iron carbide encased in carbon shells have been prepared from iron(I1) phthalocyanine. Solid FePc is oxygenated and then thermally treated under H2 flow. With proper control of conditions, Fe3C free from metallic iron can be synthesized. The product was characterized with the help of Mossbauer effect spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction, X-ray absorption, and transmission electron micros...