NASSAU 2006: Proceedings of the 4th Nassau Mössbauer Symposium held in Garden City, New York, USA, 13–14 January 2006

Progress in various areas of applications of Mössbauer Effect is reported in this volume. Among the recent developments, applications of synchrotron radiation in geophysics and biophysics through the measurement of phonon density of states of proteins and enzymes, and laboratory based high- pressure experiments in elucidating the electronic nature of correlated electron systems in condensed matter physics are some examples. Furthermore, almost after five decades of its discovery, with two Mössbauer spectrometers working on the surface of the Mars provided the first glimpse of the nature of iron containing minerals. With additional contributions from applications to nano-science and studies of amorphous systems will make this volume of special interest to materials scientists, chemists, mineral and condensed matter physicists, and inorganic biochemists alike. The conference and its proceedings are dedicated to one of the pioneers of Mössbauer Spectroscopy, late Dr. Stanley Ruby, whose original ideas, insight and enthusiasm helped create new research fields. Front Matter....Pages i-v 4th Nassau Mössbauer symposium analysis and summary....Pages 1-3 Scientific legacy of Stanley Ruby....Pages 5-13 Mössbauer spectroscopy methodology at the cutting-edge of high-pressure research....Pages 15-32 Vibrational dynamics of Fe in amorphous Fe-Sc and Fe-Al alloy thin films....Pages 33-46 Nuclear Resonance Vibrational Spectroscopy (NRVS) of Fe-S model compounds, Fe-S proteins, and nitrogenase....Pages 47-54 On Spin Hamiltonian fits to Mössbauer spectra of high-spin Fe(II) porphyrinate systems....Pages 55-60 Mössbauer effect of 151 Eu in europium salen complex nanoparticles....Pages 61-66 Velocity scales for Mars Mössbauer data....Pages 67-74 Nanowires of iron oxides embedded in SiO 2 templates....Pages 75-82 Nuclear forward scattering vs. conventional Mössbauer studies of atomically tailored Eu-based materials....Pages 83-89 A complete solution to the Mössbauer problem, all in one place....Pages 91-104 Anisotropic contributions to the transferred hyperfine field studied using a field-induced spin-reorientation....Pages 105-116 Use of Mössbauer spectroscopy to determine the effect of salinity on the speciation of triorganotins in Anacostia River sediments....Pages 117-125 57 Fe Mössbauer spectroscopic study of (25− x )MnO- x ZnO-15Fe 2 O 3 -60B 2 O 3 glasses....Pages 127-130 Studying surfaces and thin films using Mössbauer spectroscopy....Pages 131-143 Variations of BaSnF 4 fast ion conductor with the method of preparation and temperature....Pages 145-158 The Mössbauer community in the USA....Pages 159-167 Two earth years of Mössbauer studies of the surface of Mars with MIMOS II....Pages 169-177 Back Matter....Pages 181-181 This volume contains the proceedings of the 4th Nassau Mössbauer Symposium, held in Garden City, NY, USA in January 2006. The conference and its proceedings are dedicated to one of the pioneers of Mössbauer Spectroscopy, the late Dr. Stanley Ruby, whose original ideas, insight and enthusiasm helped create new research fields. The volume reports on the progress in various areas of applications of Mössbauer Effect. Proceedings of the 4th Nassau Moessbauer Symposium, held in Garden City, USA, January 13-14, 2006 Proceedings of the 4th Nassau Mössbauer Symposium, held in Garden City, USA, January 13-14, 2006