The formation of the UV OH spectral lines has been investigated for a range of stellar parameters in the light of 3D hydrodynamical model atmospheres. The low atmospheric temperatures encountered at low metallicities compared with the radiative equilibrium values enforced in classical 1D hydrostatic model atmospheres have a profound impact on the OH line strengths. As a consequence, the derived...

Coordination polymer nanorods are synthesized from the hexagonal 3D structure of Fe-MIL-88B. Subsequently, hematite (α-Fe(2)O(3)) and magnetite (Fe(3)O(4)) nanorods are selectively prepared by controlling the calcination conditions of coordination polymer nanorods.

Motivated by recent STM results for Cr on Fe(001) we present a detailed ab-initio study of the alloying process in the dilute limit for 3d atoms on the Fe(001) surface. The calculations are based on local density functional theory and apply a KKR{Green's function method for impurities on surfaces. For practically all 3d transition metal impurities on Fe(001) we nd a strong tendency for a direct...

Resonance scattering has often been invoked to explain the disagreement between the observed and predicted line ratios of Fe XVII λ15.01 to Fe XVII λ15.26 (the “3C/3D” ratio). In this process photons of λ15.01, with its much higher oscillator strength, are preferentially scattered out of the line of sight, thus reducing the observed line ratio. Recent laboratory measurements, however, have foun...

The phase control, hierarchical architecturing and hybridization of iron oxide is important for achieving multifunctional capability for many practical applications. Herein, hierarchically structured reduced graphene oxide (hrGO)/α-Fe2O3 and γ-Fe3O4 nanobox hybrids (hrGO/α-Fe and hrGO/γ-Fe NBhs) are synthesized via a one-pot, hydrothermal process and their functionality controlled by the crysta...

The valence-excited states of ferric and ferrous hexacyanide ions in aqueous solution were mapped by resonant inelastic X-ray scattering (RIXS) at the Fe L2,3 and N K edges. Probing of both the central Fe and the ligand N atoms enabled identification of the metal- and ligand-centered excited states, as well as ligand-to-metal and metal-to-ligand charge-transfer excited states. Ab initio calcula...

N K and 3d atom L absorption spectra of hexacyano complexes in solid K Fe(CN) , Na Fe(CN) , K Cr(CN) , 2,3 4 6 4 6 3 6 K Mn(CN) , K Fe(CN) , and K Co(CN) have been measured by detecting the total electron yield. The N K spectra of the 3 6 3 6 3 6 complexes are very similar and differ only in intensity of the lowest-energy absorption band. The intensity of this feature 32 systematically decrease...

We report a comprehensive angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy study of the tridimensional electronic bands in the recently discovered Fe selenide superconductor ((Tl,Rb)(y)Fe(2-x)Se2 (T(c)=32  K). We determined the orbital characters and the k(z) dependence of the low energy electronic structure by tuning the polarization and the energy of the incident photons. We observed a small 3D elec...

The two new 3d/4f polyphosphide complexes [(Cp*Fe)(2)P(10){Sm(η(5)-C(5)Me(4)R)(2)}(2)] (Cp* = η(5)-C(5)Me(5); R = Me, nPr) were prepared by reductive dimerization of [Cp*Fe(η(5)-P(5))] with samarocenes. They are the first P(10) bridging 3d/4f metal complexes and the first examples of reductive coupling of polyphosphide complexes by divalent lanthanides.