Florida Institute of Technology

Symposium on Chemical Applications of Mössbauer Spectroscopy

to honor Professor Attila Vértes,

Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary

As part of the 239th ACS National Meeting and Exposition,

March 21-25, 2010, San Francisco, CA

Symposium Organizer:

Prof. Virender K Sharma

Florida Institute of Technology

Department of Chemistry

Melbourne 32901

Email: vsharma@fit.edu

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS

 This symposium will feature papers from areas in which Mössbauer Spectroscopy is making a substantial contribution at the present time including structure of iron-containing compounds emerged recently in biological systems, spin cross over of iron compounds, chemical bonding, energy, catalysis and other chemical applications.

See below for a more detailed list of relevant topics.

Abstracts are due by October 19, 2009 at midnight, EST.

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 Plenary Speakers:

John Stevens - Mössbauer Effect Data Center, University of North Carolina, Ashville

Philipp Gütlich - Institut für Anorganische Chemie und Analytische Chemie, Johannes Gutenberg Universität Mainz, Germany

Eckerd Münck - Department of Chemistry, Carnegie Mellon University

Frank Neese - Lehrstuhl fuer Theoretische Chemie, Universitaet Bonn, Germany

Tetsuaki Nishida - Department of Chemistry, Kinki University, Iizuka City, Japan

Chemical applications of Mössbauer spectroscopy include:

1. Phase and chemical analysis in compounds and alloys, geochemical applications, biochemical applications

2. Surface studies, corrosion, coatings, catalysis, electrochemical applications

3. Solid state reactions, thermal, radiation and pressure induced decomposition, substitutional effects

4. Frozen solution studies, hydratation and solvatation effects, electron exchange reactions, polymerization

5. Sophisticated oxides, GMR, CMR, DMS and HTSC compounds

6. Amorphous materials, chemical short range ordering, crystallization, defects and defect structures, nanochemical applications

7. Valence state determination, rare valence states, electronic structure of compounds

8. Spin state determination, spin transitions, spin crossovers

9. Structural properties, molecular geometry, site occupation and site preference of Mössbauer atoms, determination of coordination number, effect of neighbors

10. Bonding properties of coordination compounds

11. Magnetic properties of compounds, determination of magnetic structures

12. Dynamic processes, electron hopping, diffusion, phonon mode changes, paramagnetic spin relaxation, spin-spin relaxation, spin-lattice relaxation, superparamagnetism, grain size determination