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Fifty years of Mössbauer spectroscopy: from alloys and oxides to glasses and nanoparticles

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The Mössbauer Effect was discovered in 1957. In 1960 Mössbauer spectroscopy was born when two important papers appeared on (i) the magnetic hyperfine interaction and (ii) the electric monopole (isomer shift) and quadrupole interactions. These transformed an interesting phenomenon into a method for probing solids. Applications to magnetism, metals and alloys, chemical compounds, biological molecules, geology, archaeology and other sciences followed and are still of current interest. Two areas of research where Mössbauer spectroscopy is making unique contributions are in determining oxidation states in (i) glasses and (ii) nanoparticles. Some recent measurements are described.

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  1. Center for Laser Applications, University of Tennessee Space Institute, Tullahoma, TN, 37388, USA

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  2. Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Biomedical Engineering, University of Tennessee Space Institute, Tullahoma, TN, 37388, USA

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Johnson, C.E., Johnson, J.A. Fifty years of Mössbauer spectroscopy: from alloys and oxides to glasses and nanoparticles. Hyperfine Interact 204, 47–55 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10751-011-0510-6

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