ICAME 2003, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2004 Proceedings of the 27th International Conference on the Applications of the Mössbauer Effect (ICAME 2003) held in Muscat, Oman, 21-25 September 2003

Mössbauer Instrument Package MS-2000IP.- Nuclear Resonant Scattering of Synchrotron Radiation as a Method for Distinction between Covariant Ether Theories and Special Relativity.- Mössbauer Spectrometer with Novel Moving System and Resonant Detection of Gamma Rays.- Angular Distribution of Hyperfine Magnetic Field in Fe3O4 and Fe66Ni34 from Mössbauer Polarimetry.- Two-Dimensional Mössbauer Spectra.- 57Fe Mössbauer Study of Magnetic Nanowires.- Synthesis and Mössbauer Study of Maghemite Nanowire Arrays.- Mössbauer Characterization of Iron-Based Nanogranular Films.- Mössbauer Study of Nanocrystalline ?-Fe3?xCoxN System.- Mössbauer Studies of Nanosize CuFe2O4 Particles.- Mössbauer Studies on Nanocrystalline Diol Capped ?-Fe2O3.- Hyperfine and Structural Properties of the Mechanically Alloyed (FeMn)30Cu70 System.- 197Au Mössbauer Study of Bimetallic Nanoparticles Prepared by Sonochemical Technique.- Phase Composition and Properties of Iron Nanocrystals and Clusters Embedded in MgO Matrix.- Shifting the Superparamagnetic Limit of Nanosized Copper Iron Spinel.- Synthesis of Nanocrystalline Ni0.5Zn0.5Fe2O4 by Aerosol Route and Its Characterization.- Transitions and Spin Dynamics at Very Low Temperature in the Pyrochlores Yb2Ti2O7 and Gd2Sn2O7.- Mössbauer and Neutron Diffraction Studies on Co-Al Ferrite.- Mössbauer Studies of Fe0.7?xSi0.3Mnx Alloys.- Observation of Substitutional Fe in CEMS Measurements on Synthetic CVD Diamond.- Interaction between Interstitial Hydrogen and Fe Atoms within the ?-Hydride Phase in Nb1?yFeyHx Alloys.- First Observation of Photoinduced Magnetization for the Cyano-Bridged 3d–4f Heterobimetallic Assembly Nd(DMF)4(H2O)3(?-CN)Fe(CN)5·H2O (DMF = N,N-Dimethylformamide).- Non-Magnetic Stainless Steels Reinvestigated — a Small Effective Field Component in External Magnetic Fields.- Magnetic Response and Hyperfine Magnetic Fields at Fe Sites of Sr3Fe2MO9 (M = Mo, Te, W, U) Double-Perovskites.- Modification of Nuclear Decay Constant in the Finite Space.- Mössbauer Studies and Magnetic Properties of Y3?xCexFe5O12.- Control of Charge Transfer Phase Transition in Iron Mixed-Valence System (n-CnH2n+1)4 N[FeIIFeIII(dto)3] (n = 3?6; dto = C2O2S2).- Mössbauer Spectroscopy Study on the Effect of Al-Cr Co-Substitution in Yttrium and Yttrium-Gadolinium Iron Garnets.- Mössbauer Study of Microstructure and Magnetic Properties (Co, Ni)-Zr Substituted Ba Ferrite Particles.- Mössbauer Studies of Dilute 119Sn and 57Fe in SrRuO3 and Sr2FeRuO6.- Mössbauer Studies on the Quasibinary System FeTe1.45-TiTe1.45.- Magnetic Properties of Iron Clusters in Silver.- Magnetic Properties of Nanocrystalline FexCu1?x Alloys Prepared by Ball Milling.- The Formation of Lithiated Ti-Doped ?-Fe2O3 Nanocrystalline Particles by Mechanical Milling of Ti-Doped Lithium Spinel Ferrite.- Effect of Mg2+ on the Magnetic Compensation of Lithium-Chromium Ferrite.- High-Pressure 57Fe Mössbauer Spectroscopy of Octamethyl-Ethynyl-Ferrocene.- 57Fe Mössbauer Spectroscopic Study of Fe-B Compounds.- Mössbauer- and EPR-Snapshots of an Enzymatic Reaction: The Cytochrome P450 Reaction Cycle.- The Effect of Biocompatible Coating Layers on Magnetic Properties of Superparamagnetic Iron Oxide Nanoparticles.- Spin States of Iron(III) in Highly Saddled Dodecaphenylporphyrin Complexes.- Mössbauer Spectroscopy of Iron Containing Vitamins and Dietary Supplements.- Comparative Study of Human Liver Ferritin and Chicken Liver by Mössbauer Spectroscopy. Preliminary Results.- Low-Spin Ferriheme Models of the Cytochromes: Correlation of Molecular Structure with EPR and Mössbauer Spectral Parameters.- Iron-Sulfur Proteins Investigated by EPR-, Mössbauer- and EXAFS-Spectroscopy.- Mössbauer Study of Lanthanum-Strontium Ferromanganite Oxides.- Iron-57 Mössbauer Spectroscopic Investigation of Manganese-Doped ?-Fe2O3.- Study on Chemical Bond and Electronic State of New Gold Mixed Valence Complexes Cs2[Au1X2][AuIIIY4] (X, Y = Cl, Br, I) by Means of 197Au Mössbauer Spectroscopy.- Magnetic Properties of TlCo2Se2 Studied by Mössbauer Spectroscopy.- Exploring the Verwey-Type Transition in GdBaFe2O5+? Using 57Fe Mössbauer Spectroscopy.- First Principles Calculations of Mössbauer Spectra of Intermetallic Anodes for Lithium-Ion Batteries.- 57Fe Mössbauer Spectroscopy Study of LaFe1?xCoxO3 (x = 0 and 0.5) Formed by Mechanical Milling.- A Crystallographic and Mössbauer Spectroscopic Study of BaCo0.5xZn0.5xTix Fe12?2xO19 (M-Type Hexagonal Ferrite).- Laboratory Intercomparison on the Determination of the Fe(II)/Fe(III) Ratio in Glass Using Mössbauer Spectroscopy.- 57Fe Mössbauer Spectroscopic Study on the Assembled Iron Complexes.- 155Gd Mössbauer Isomer Shifts and Quadrupole Coupling Constants of Gadolinium Complexes.- Mössbauer Spectroscopy in the Characterisation of Polymetallic Cluster Compounds: a Triple Mössbauer Study of (PPh4)[Fe2Ir2(CO)12{?3-Au(PPh3)}].- The Nonanuclear [Mo(IV){(CN)Fe(III)(3-ethoxysaldptn)}8]Cl4 Complex Compound Exhibits Multiple Spin Transitions Observed by Mössbauer Spectroscopy.- Processes in Geophysics Studied by Mössbauer Spectroscopy.- High Pressure Mössbauer Studies on FCC Fe53Ni47 Alloy.- Mössbauer and XRD Comparative Study of Host Rock and Iron Rich Mineral Samples from Paz del Rio Iron Ore Mineral Mine in Colombia.- Characterization and Thermal Behaviour of Garnets from Almandine-Pyrope Series at 1200°C.- Mössbauer Study of Magnetite Formation by Iron- and Sulfate-Reducing Bacteria.- What Oxidation State of Iron Determines the Amethyst Colour?.- Fe-Hydroxysulphates from Bacterial Fe2+ Oxidation.- Mössbauer Spectroscopic Study of a Mural Painting from Morgadal Grande, Mexico.- Quantification of Secondary Fe-Phases Formed During Sorption Experiments on Chlorites.- Synthesis by Coprecipitation of Al-Substituted Hydroxysulphate Green Rust Fe4IIFe(2?y)IIIAlyIII(OH)12SO4, nH2O.- Mössbauer Study of Ancient Albanian Ceramics.- Variation of Some Physical Properties of Brownmillerite Doped with a Transition Metal Oxide.- Iron-Containing Adsorbents in Great Nile Sediments.- Fe(II–III) Hydroxysalt Green Rusts; from Corrosion to Mineralogy and Abiotic to Biotic Reactions by Mössbauer Spectroscopy.- Identification of Corrosion Products Due to Seawater and Fresh Water.- Atmospheric Corrosion on Steel Studied by Conversion Electron Mössbauer Spectroscopy.- Mössbauer Spectrometry as a Powerful Tool to Study Lithium Reactivity Mechanisms for Battery Electrode Materials.- Arrangements of Interstitial Atoms in fcc Fe-C and Fe-N Solid Solutions.- A Dilute-Limit Heat of Solution of 3d Transition Metals in Iron Studied with 57Fe Mössbauer Spectroscopy.- Distribution of N Atoms in the fcc Fe-N Interstitial Solid Solution.- Distribution of Mn Atoms in a Substitutional bcc-FeMn Solid Solution.- Effect of Sulfur Addition on the Redox State of Iron in Iron Phosphate Glasses.- Structural and Electronic Features of Sb-Based Electrode Materials: 121Sb Mössbauer Spectrometry.- Study of Disordered Fe2Cr(1?x)MnxAl Alloys.- Mössbauer and X-ray Study of Fe1?xAlx, 0.2 ? x ? 0.5, Samples Produced by Mechanical Alloying.- Investigation of Steel Surfaces Treated by a Hybrid Ion Implantation Technique.- Ferromagnetic Planar Nanocomposites.- Surface and Interface Investigations by Nuclear Resonant Scattering with Standing Waves.- Nuclear Resonant Reflectivity Investigations of a Thin Magnetic 57Fe Layer Adjacent to a Superconducting V Layer.- CEMS Investigations of Swift Heavy Ion Irradiation Effects in Tb/Fe Multilayers.- Thermally Induced Processes of Intermetalloid Phase Formation in Laminar Systems Fe-Sn.- DCEMS Study of Thin Oxide Layers and Interface of Stainless Steel Films Deposited by Sputtering Austenitic AISI304.- CEMS Study on Fe Films Deposited by Laser Ablation.- The Investigation of the Magnetic Properties of Metallic Multilayers by Angle Dependent Mössbauer Spectroscopy.- Concluding Remarks.- Author Index.